Stephen Cicirelli, M.F.A.
Lecturer of English
About Professor Cicirelli
Stephen Cicirelli is a graduate of Columbia University and Saint Joseph’s University, currently serving as a Lecturer of English at 麻豆视频’s University.
“In my classes, I use a combination of lecture and discussion. When class is at its best, I feel less like a professor and more like a moderator, allowing my students to engage directly with one another and with me. This approach empowers students. They become invested and emboldened and are up to the task when I ask them to clarify their positions or when I challenge their assumptions. Every good teacher I鈥檝e ever had has been able to peel away the layers of complexity to let an idea show in its simplicity. This is my goal every time I step in front of my classes. For me, good writing and good thinking are not skills that develop independently of each other. They develop in tandem, and to nurture one and not the other is to do only half the job.”
“In my classes, I use a combination of lecture and discussion. When class is at its best, I feel less like a professor and more like a moderator, allowing my students to engage directly with one another and with me. This approach empowers students. They become invested and emboldened and are up to the task when I ask them to clarify their positions or when I challenge their assumptions. Every good teacher I鈥檝e ever had has been able to peel away the layers of complexity to let an idea show in its simplicity. This is my goal every time I step in front of my classes. For me, good writing and good thinking are not skills that develop independently of each other. They develop in tandem, and to nurture one and not the other is to do only half the job.”
Research Interests
- Fiction writing
- American literature
- S酶ren Kierkegaard
- Mormonism
- Animal rights
Career & Accomplishments
Degrees
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•Columbia University, M.F.A.
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•Saint Joseph's University, B.A.
Appearances
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•The Lead with Jake Tapper & CNN News Central
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•Fox News
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•NewsNation
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•Axios
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•Inside Higher Ed
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•Anadolu Agency
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•Ipse Dixit podcast
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•Unorthodox Views podcast
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•College Knowledge podcast
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•Studio A, 89.9 FM WKCR (NYC)
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•KGB Reading Series in New York City
Selected Publications
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•鈥淟ife After Death鈥 in The Florida Review, 2027 (forthcoming)
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•鈥淭iered Rejections" in Your Impossible Voice 33, 2025
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•鈥淭he Emergency鈥 in Post Road 42, 2024
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•鈥淪aints鈥 in Baltimore Review, 2024
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•鈥淎dversity is the Parent of Virtue (in Bed)鈥 in Okay Donkey, 2023
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•"P.S." in Ponder Review 7.1, 2023
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•"Apostate" in Paragraph Planet, 2023
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•"The End of the End鈥 in Nothing Short of (Outpost19 Books), 2018
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•"Hegelianism" in Flash 10.1, 2017
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•"Quitting" in Eunoia Review, 2016
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•"Noteworthy" in Cardinal Sins 35.1, 2015
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•"The Only Thing(s) to Fear" (book review) in The Brooklyn Rail, 2013
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•"Mindy 鈥楤aybee鈥 Byrne & Washington 鈥楾he First Shall Be First鈥 Franey" in Quick Fiction (18), 2011