Dr. Dean Franco
Associate Professor of English
Contact
Office: C208 Tribble Hall
Phone: (336) 758-3549
Email: francodj@wfu.edu
Degrees
PhD University of Southern California
MA California STate University, Long Beach
BA University of California, Irvine
Areas of Interest
- Ethnic American Literature
- Jewish Cultural Studies
- Chicano and Latino Literature
- 19th & 20th Century American Literature
Courses Taught at Wake Forest
ENG 111 - Writing the Natural World
ENG 170 - Introduction to American Literature
ENG 175 - Studies in American Literature
ENG 300 - Our Americas
ENG 300 - Passing, Crossing, Being: States of Pluralism in American Literature
ENG 302 - Multiculturalism, Literature, and Political Theory
ENG 357 - Studies in Chicano Literature
ENG 371 - American Ethnic Writers
ENG371 - American Ethnic Literatures
ENG 377 - Jewish American Literature
ENG 377 - American Jewish writers
ENG 771 - American Ethnic Literature
FYS - Inauthentic, Abnormal, and Queer
Selected Publications
Ethnic American Literature: Comparing Chicano, Jewish, and African American Writing. University of Virginia Press. 2006.
Guest Editor, Special Issue of Philip Roth Studies 2.2 Fall 2006
“Introduction: Philip Roth and Race.” Philip Roth Studies 2.2 Fall 2006
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Beloved.” Modern Fiction Studies Special Issue: Toni Morrison, Ed. Nancy J. Peterson. 52.2 2006.
“Working-Through the Archive in Alejandro Morales’ The Rag Doll Plagues.” PMLA March 2005.
Additional Professional Information
Curriculum Vitae PDF version, MS Word 2003 version