Matt Franks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
678-839-4875
mfranks@w estga.edu
Boyd Building - Room 314
Office Hours
Virtual Office hours: Wednesdays 2-5pm, & by appointment. Email for the link!
I am originally from the northern California coast, and I've been here at UWG since 2015. Some of my many hobbies include being outdoors, playing music, and birding.
In my research and teaching, I specialize in 20th-21st century British and postcolonial literatures. My work focuses 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)
Fall 2023 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4385 (Special Topics: Queer Lit) Section: 02W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
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)]