Jill Belli received a B.A. in English & Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in English as well as a student in the American Studies and Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Certificate Programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research interests center on Utopian Studies, Happiness Studies, Composition & Rhetoric, New Media, and education/pedagogy. Before joining the Macaulay community as a Baruch Instructional Technology Fellow (ITF), Jill taught composition & literature courses at Baruch College and Queens College.