Miriam Ascarelli
Senior University Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
- miriam.f.ascarelli@njit.edu
- 973-596-3374
- 410 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
About Me
Miriam Ascarelli is a longtime journalist whose freelance work has appeared in publications such as FSB.com (the online arm of Fortune Small Business), New Jersey Monthly, and The New York Times. Prior to joining academia, she was a full-time reporter and editor at news organizations in the Midwest and the Northeast. She is a former president of the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the author of the book, Independent Vision: Dorothy Harrison Eustis and the Story of the Seeing Eye (Purdue U. Press, 2010). She is the recipient of a 2023 NJIT faculty seed grant that uses historic maps to explore the evolution of Newark from its beginnings as a Puritan farm village to a post-industrial city trying to reinvent itself. Miriam is the faculty advisor to The Vector, NJIT’s student newspaper, and has been teaching at NJIT since 2008.
Education
M.A.; Rutgers University-Newark; English; 2006
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday, 11:30-12:50
2026 Fall Courses
HSS 404 - THE BRICK CITY, HOW NEWARK BECAME NEWARK
COM 339 - PRACTICAL JOURNALISM
HSS 404 - HONORS SEM: THE BRICK CITY, HOW NEWARK BECAME NEWARK - HONORS
Past Courses
Journal Article