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
Ethnic American Literature
Jewish Cultural Studies
Chicano and Latino Literature
19th & 20th Century American Literature
Courses Taught at Wake Forest
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
Race, Rights, and Recognition: Jewish American Literature Since 1969 (Cornell UP 2012).
Ethnic American Literature: Comparing Chicano, Jewish, and African American Writing. University of Virginia Press. 2006.
Articles appearing in PMLA, Contemporary Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Prooftexts, and Studies in American Jewish Literature
Additional Professional Information
Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Franco