Dr. Dean Franco
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
Comparative Race Studies
Jewish Cultural Studies
Chicana/o and Latinx Literature
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