Professor
English Department, St. John's Liberal Arts and Sciences
St. John Hall, Room B40-6
Queens Campus
(718) 990-5601
bellia@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY, English
M.A., University of Connecticut, English
Ph.D. New York University, Comparative Literature
Profile
Angela Belli received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from New
York University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
Modern Drama and Cultural Studies. Her research is centered on
comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of
literature. Her first book Ancient Greek Myths and Modern Drama: A
Study in Continuity (New York University Press) explored the
influence of Greek mythology upon the modern theater. Her most
recent work studies the interrelations of literature and medicine.
She has co-edited two collections of poems written by physicians,
Blood and Bone: Poems by Physicians and Primary Care: More Poems by
Physicians (University of Iowa Press). She has just completed a
critical anthology of plays exploring the connection between the
contemporary theater and modern medicine. She lectures frequently
to medical faculty and to medical students as well as to literary
scholars. Most recently she lectured at the National Library of
Medicine, NIH, on "The Art of Medicine on Stage: An Historical
Perspective." She has organized a number of conferences related to
the subjects of her research. She serves on the boards of literary
journals and organizations in her field.