BRICE PARTICELLI is a 2020-2021 Steinbeck Fellow at San José State University in nonfiction, a 2017-2018 Wilson Center Faculty Fellow for his research in education, and a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction. His research focuses on writing pedagogy and rhetorical genre studies, and his narrative work spans memoir, personal essay, travel, and literary journalism. He is the guest editor of America Street [revised]: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories (Persea Books, 2019), author of the accompanying Teachers Guide, and guest editor of the upcoming anthology, In the Between (Persea Books, 2021).
Brice is working on two books—a narrative nonfiction book focused on educational disinformation communities, and a coming-of-age novel set on a small island in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. For more information about his work, email bparticelli (@) pace.edu.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Columbia University, English Education
Ed.M., Columbia University, Teaching of English
M.F.A., Colorado State University, Fiction and Nonfiction
B.A., Goddard College, Writing and American Studies
B.A. studies, UC Santa Barbara, Cultural Anthropology
SELECT HONORS AND AWARDS
- Steinbeck Fellow (Narrative Nonfiction), Cox Center, San José State University, 2020-2021
- Wilson Center Faculty Fellow (Educational Research), Pace University, 2017-2018
- NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Nonfiction Literature with the New York Foundation for the Arts, 2017
- Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2017, “Take Me to the Bronx River.” Mariner Books, 2017
- Silver Medal, Traveler’s Tales 11th Annual Solas Awards, “Paddling the Sewershed.” March 2017
- Finalist, "Learning from Nature" Contest, ASU Biomimicry Institute and Creative Nonfiction. "Paddling the Sewershed," 2016
- Research Grant, Faculty Research Forum, Pace University. Funded study of experiential learning in first-year writing, 2014-2015
- Writer-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center. Four-week funded residency to develop nonfiction projects, July 2014
- Silver Medal, Traveler’s Tales 8th Annual Solas Awards, “Riding the Local.” March 2014
- Workshop Leader, Random House Foundation, Creative Writing Luncheon, “Revision as a Creative Process” December 2013
- Keynote Speaker, Taiwan Educator’s Association Conference, “The Power of Curriculum-Based Publication.” Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 2013
- Walter Sindlinger Writing Award, Runner-up “Riding the Local: A Phenomenology of Space and Story.” August 2011
- Contributor (fiction), Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, August 2010.
- NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Award, >3.5 GPA while playing for UCSB's D1 Water Polo team. 1997-1998
EXPERIENCE
San José State University
- Steinbeck Fellow, Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, Sept 2020 to August 2021
- Lecturer, English Department, Sept 2014 to May 2020
- Faculty Director, Summer Scholars Institute, Feb 2015 to January 2018
- Associate Chair, English Department, September 2017 to January 2018
- Assistant Chair, English Department, January 2017 to May 2017
- Director, Student Press Initiative, The Center for the Professional Education of Teachers, Sept 2011 to August 2014
- Adjunct Professor, English Education, Sept 2009 to May 2014
- Professional Development Consultant, Student Press Initiative, Sept 2009 to Sept 2011
- Program Manager, Continuing Education Department (CEO&I), June 2007-June 2009
- Teacher Education Manager / Publication Manager, Sept 2005-June 2007
- Adjunct Professor, English Department, Sept 2002-June 2005
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Level (Pace University and Colorado State)
- Composition I
- Composition II: Writing in the Disciplines
- Introduction to Genre Studies
- Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Narrative Nonfiction Literature
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Writing Creative Nonfiction
- Travel Writing
- Literary Publishing
Graduate Level (Columbia University Teachers College)
- The Teaching of Writing
- Writing: Nonfiction
- Narrative and Story
- Writing Fiction & Personal Narrative
- Internship in the Teaching of English
- Fictive and Literary Imaginings: Charting a Literary Anthropology
contact: bparticelli (@) pace.edu