Robert Ficociello

Associate Professor of English

Literature | School of Arts & Sciences

267-341-3032

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Education

  • Ph.D., English, SUNY Albany
  • M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of New Orleans
  • B.S., Marine Biology, UMass-Dartmouth 

Dr. Fic is professor of English and teaches literature, journalism, writing, and pop culture. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, and has lived in New Hampshire, New York, Florida, Nebraska, Colorado, and Louisiana. He lives in Bucks County with his family and wrote a children's book about his kids exploring Jupiter. "Lucia and Marcus Go to Space: Jupiter!" is now available on Amazon.

Research Interests

  • Disaster Culture

  • Pop Culture

  • Film Studies

  • War Studies

  • Creative Writing

  • Children's Literature

Representative Publications

Ficociello, Robert. (2026). Lucia & Marcus Go to Space: Jupiter. Warren Publishing, Inc.

Bell, R., & Ficociello, R. (Eds.). (2017). Eco Culture: Disaster, Narrative, Discourse (Ecocritical Theory and Practice). Lexington Books.

Bell, R.C., & Ficociello, R.M. (2017). America's Disaster Culture: The Production of Natural Disasters in Literature and Pop Culture. Bloomsbury Academic.

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