Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Jill Belli ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://jillbelli.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [A Window into the Invisible Long-Haul of COVID-19](https://jillbelli.org/a-window-into-the-invisible-long-haul-of-covid-19/) - Yesterday, The Atlantic published Ed Yong's article "Long-Haulers are Redefining COVID-19." Yesterday also marked five months from the onset of my COVID-19 symptoms. I am one of the so-called "long-haulers," "people who have been suffering for months—alone, unheard, and pummeled by unrelenting and unpredictable symptoms." I do believe that I am on an upward, healing trajectory, - ["Pedagogies of Happiness" Presentation at 'Capacious: Affect Inquiry / Making Space'](https://jillbelli.org/pedagogies-of-happiness-presentation-at-capacious-affect-inquiry-making-space/) - Want to learn more about "Pedagogies of Happiness"? Grab your coffee & come to the 2.02: Educating Affects panel (Bring Futures into Being: Situated Affects and Pedagogical Troubles") at Capacious: Affect Inquiry / Making Space in the Atrium on Friday, August 10, 2018, 8:20am-10:00am. *My full abstract, "Pedagogies of Happiness," is below (the second part--which gives ## Pages - [](https://jillbelli.org/) - Whoever, wherever, whenever you are, welcome! I'm so glad our paths are crossing, if only for this brief moment ... I am an English professor in New York City. My interdisciplinary interests and expertise bridge happiness studies & well-being, science fiction & utopia, self-care & social hope, education & pedagogy, parapsychology, medical humanities, "invisible" illness, - [Beautiful War](https://jillbelli.org/beautiful-war/) - [CV](https://jillbelli.org/cv/) - Jill Belli CV, August 2026 (abridged) [pdf-embedder url="http://jillbelli.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Jill-Belli-CV-August-2026-abridged.pdf" title="Jill Belli, CV (August 2026), abridged"] - [Contact](https://jillbelli.org/contact/) - http://jillbelli.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Jill-Belli-CV-August-2026-abridged.pdf - [Writing](https://jillbelli.org/writing/) - My interdisciplinary research makes connections among utopian studies, happiness studies, education, pedagogy, the digital humanities, and writing studies. Newer interests include looping as composing practice, tarot and astrology as storytelling and intuitive literacy, William Reynolds, and grief. Below is a sample of some of my past and ongoing research interests. Pedagogies of Happiness My monograph - [Old Bio](https://jillbelli.org/oldbio/) - Jill Belli, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of English at New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City University of New York). My interdisciplinary research focuses on utopian studies, positive psychology, happiness studies, writing studies, digital humanities, education, and pedagogy. I'm working on a book manuscript, Pedagogies of Happiness, about happiness and well-being in education, and - [Service](https://jillbelli.org/service/) - My dedicated commitment to serving CUNY’s historic mission of serving its community extends beyond the classroom and is demonstrated by the more than 30 different committees I have served on at the programmatic, institutional, and university-wide levels over the past 14 years. At City Tech, I have served actively on College Council (the college's faculty - [Courses](https://jillbelli.org/courses/) - I teach a variety of courses in the English Department at City Tech, ranging from First Year Writing, Literature Courses, and courses in our newly launched B.S. in Professional and Technical Writing. You can visit all of my courses on the OpenLab here. *Read my Teaching Philosophy Utopian Studies / Science Fiction Films through - [Teaching Philosophy](https://jillbelli.org/teaching-philosophy/) - Jill Belli, Statement of Teaching Philosophy - [Digital Projects](https://jillbelli.org/digital-projects/) - The OpenLab, https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/ From 2014-2020, I served as Co-Director of the OpenLab, an open digital platform for teaching, learning, and collaborating. The OpenLab was launched in Fall 2011 by New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech), a public, urban, commuter institution located in downtown Brooklyn. Built using open-source software (WordPress / BuddyPress), the - [Teaching](https://jillbelli.org/teaching/) - I am passionate about pedagogy, and welcome the opportunity to reflect on my own or discuss with others how they approach teaching. I have designed and taught over 40 sections of composition, professional and technical writing, and literature courses at both public and private institutions, led learning communities, developed interdisciplinary curricula, worked with primarily ESL ## Categories - [presentations](https://jillbelli.org/category/presentations/) - [chronic illness](https://jillbelli.org/category/chronic-illness/) - [COVID-19](https://jillbelli.org/category/covid-19/) - [Expansive Jilly](https://jillbelli.org/category/expansive-jilly/) - [Beautiful War](https://jillbelli.org/category/beautiful-war/)