Francesca Bellei

Francesca Bellei is an accomplished academic and editor currently serving as an Associate Research Fellow at the Five College Women's Studies Research Center and as a Senior Prose Editor for The Massachusetts Review. Francesca holds a position as a Center for Humanistic Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Classics at Amherst College, having previously lectured in Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Francesca's editorial experience includes roles as a Book Review Editor for the New England Classical Journal and a Subrights and Marketing Intern at Macmillan. With a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University, Francesca has a strong history of research and teaching, having presented at numerous international conferences and earned multiple teaching excellence awards while working as a Teaching Assistant. Educational credentials include a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.