Drew Ciccolo
University Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
- drew.ciccolo@njit.edu
- 973-642-7417
- 115F Cullimore Hall (CULM)
About Me
Drew Ciccolo’s fiction has appeared in Tin House 66 and The Masters Review Vol. III. His nonfiction has appeared in the anthology Into Sanity (2019). He has an MFA in fiction and a PhD in American Studies, both from Rutgers-Newark, where he also taught for many years. He teaches first-year-writing, writing in the workplace, and a senior seminar on monster studies at NJIT.
Education
Ph.D.; Rutgers University-Newark; American Studies; 2022
M.F.A.; Rutgers University-Newark; Fiction; 2014
B.A.; Montclair State University; English; 2012
Office Hours
Fridays, 10am-12pm and by appt.
Website
2026 Fall Courses
ENGL 102 - INTRO TO RESEARCH WRITING- HONORS
HSS 404 - MONSTERS: HUMANITY'S HIDDEN FACE
Teaching Interests
Teaching interests include first-year-writing, professional writing, monster literature and media, the craft of fiction and narrative, American literature, “the American fantastic,” science fiction, and U.S. history.
Research Interests
Areas of research specialization include fiction and narrative, speculative fiction, the fantastic, “magical realism” (contentious term), U.S. cultural history, and philosophies of transcendence and immanence.