Fordham is referenced in both of Stephen King's novels The Regulators, Desperation, and "The Stand", as well as in John Grisham's The Pelican Brief. The Rose Hill campus also figures in the novel While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark, who is an alumna of Fordham. WFUV, former disc jockey Pete Fornatale, current disc jockey Dennis Elsas, Keating Hall, and Thebaud Hall figure in Paul Levinson's 2022 story "It's Real Life," made into a radio play of the same name in 2023. Levinson is a professor at Fordham University.
