Winifred W. Palmer Professor of English
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Degrees
- PhD University of Southern California
- MA California State University, Long Beach
- BA University of California, Irvine
Areas of Interest
- Comparative Race Studies
- Jewish Cultural Studies
- Chicana/o and Latinx Literature
Courses Taught
- English 302: Multiculturalism, Literature, and Political Theory
- English 302: Empire
- English 357: Studies in Chicano Literature
- English 371: American Ethnic Literatures
- English 377: Jewish American Literature
- English 771: American Ethnic Literatures, Graduate
- English 170: 19th and 20th Century Literature
- English 175: Studies in American literature
- English 150: Trauma: Before, During, After
- English 150: Exile, Home, and In-between
- English 150: Belief and Belonging
- English 111: Writing the Natural World
Selected Publications
- The Border and the Line: Race, Literature, and Los Angeles (Stanford UP, 2019)
- Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature Since 1969 (Cornell UP 2012)
- Ethnic American Literature: Comparing Chicano, Jewish, and African American Writing (Virginia UP, 2007)
- Articles appearing in PMLA, Contemporary Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Prooftexts, and Studies in American Jewish Literature
Additional Professional Information
Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Franco
