Matt Franks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
678-839-4875
mfranks@westga. edu
Boyd Building - Room 314
Office Hours
Virtual Office hours: Wednesdays 2-5pm, & by appointment. Email for the link!
I'm originally from the northern California coast, and my husband and I have happily settled in rural west Georgia on a beautiful lake in the woods. I love pretty much anything involving the outdoors (especially backpacking in the mountains), learning to play new instruments, and baking sourdough bread.
At UWG, I specialize in 20th-21st century British and postcolonial literatures. My research and teaching focus on intersections between disability, queerness, race, and feminism. I am currently writing a book on the afterlife of eugenics in transatlantic 20th century texts. In this project, I examine how literary depictions of current reproductive politics continue to be overshadowed by eugenics practices of sterilization, institutionalization, and other forms of reproductive control.
- B.A., Oberlin College, 2003
- M.A., Humboldt State University, 2008
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2014
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I)
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II)
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature)
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature-HONORS)
- ENGL-2130 (American Literature)
- ENGL-2190 (Literature by Women)
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology)
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II-Postcolonial)
- ENGL-4005 (Studies in AmLit II)
- ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre:Disability)
- ENGL-4155 (Twentieth-Century British Lit)
- ENGL-4188 (Individual Authors: Woolf)
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar)
- ENGL-4385 (Queer Thry & Fic of Empire)
- ENGL-4386 (Internship: APEX Museum)
- ENGL-5002 (Brit Lit II-Postcolonial)
- ENGL-5005 (Studies in American Lit. II)
- ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre:Disability)
- ENGL-5155 (Twentieth-Century British Lit)
- ENGL-5188 (Individual Authors: Woolf)
- ENGL-5385 (Queer Thry & Fic of Empire)
- ENGL-6115 (Seminar in British Lit II)
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching Diversity)
- XIDS-2100 (Art of Speculation)
Spring 2023 Sections
- ENGL-2130 (American Literature) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II - Postcolonial ) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4385 (Video Games as Literature) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5385 (Video Games as Literature) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-6385 (21st Century Global Lit) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II: Postcolonial) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5002 (Brit Lit II: Postcolonial) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II - Postcolonial ) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar) Section: 02W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5002 (BritLitII) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- ENGL-4386 (Media & Marketing Internship) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II: Postcolonial) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4386 (Publishing Internship) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching Diversity) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: E15 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre:Games as Lit) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre:Games as Lit) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- ENGL-6115 (21stC Global Anglophone Lit) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: 01
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar-The90s) Section: 02W
Fall 2019 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Intro to Gender Studies) Section: 02
- ENGL-2190 (Lit by Women: Gender&SciFi) Section: 01
- ENGL-4002 (BritLitII:PostColonial) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5002 (Brit Lit II:PostColonial) Section: 01
Summer 2019 Sections
- ENGL-4002 (Studies in British Lit. II) Section: 01S
- ENGL-4005 (Studies in AmLit II) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5002 (Studies in British Lit. II) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5005 (Studies in American Lit. II) Section: 01S
Spring 2019 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Science Fiction) Section: 01
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 01
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W
Fall 2018 Sections
- ENGL-2190 (Literature by Women) Section: 02
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 03W
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II:20th Century) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5002 (Brit Lit II:20thCentury) Section: 01
Summer 2018 Sections
- ENGL-4002 (BritLit II-Postcolonial Anglo) Section: 1DW
- ENGL-5002 (BritLit II-PostcolonialAnglo) Section: E01
Spring 2018 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Intro to Gender Studies) Section: 07
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II-Postcolonial) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5002 (Brit Lit II-Postcolonial) Section: 01
Fall 2017 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Science Fiction) Section: 06
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 03
- ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre:Disability) Section: 02W
- ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre:Disability) Section: 02
Summer 2017 Sections
- ENGL-4386 (Internship: APEX Museum) Section: 01
Spring 2017 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Sci-fi & Futurism) Section: 02
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W
Fall 2016 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Art of Speculation) Section: 05
- ENGL-4188 (Individual Authors: Woolf) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5188 (Individual Authors: Woolf) Section: 01
- ENGL-6115 (Seminar in British Lit II) Section: 01
Spring 2016 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 20
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 2
- ENGL-4385 (Queer Thry & Fic of Empire) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5385 (Queer Thry & Fic of Empire) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature-HONORS) Section: 25H
- ENGL-4155 (Twentieth-Century British Lit) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5155 (Twentieth-Century British Lit) Section: 01
Franks, Matt. “Crip/Queer Aesthetics of the Great War.” Modern Fiction Studies, 65.1, 2019.
Franks, Matt. “Breeding Aliens, Breeding AIDS: Male Pregnancy, Disability, and Barebacking in ‘Bloodchild.’” In The Matter of Disability: Biopolitics, Materiality, Crip Affect, edited by David Mitchell, Sharon Snyder, and Susan Antebi. University o
Matt Franks. “Serving on the Eugenic Homefront: Virginia Woolf, Race, and Disability.” Feminist Formations, vol. 29, no. 1, Spring 2017, pp. 1–24. [View Publication (PDF)]
Franks, Matt. "Mental Inversion, Modernist Aesthetics, and Disability Exceptionalism in Olive Moore’s Spleen." JML: Journal of Modern Literature 38.1, 2014. [View Publication (PDF)]