Matt Franks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
678-839-4875
mfranks@westg a.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-2130 (American Literature)
- ENGL-2190 (Lit by Women)
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology)
- ENGL-4002 (Brit Lit II: Postcolonial)
- ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre:Games as Lit)
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar)
- ENGL-4385 (Video Games as Literature)
- ENGL-4386 (Publishing Internship)
- ENGL-5002 (BritLitII)
- ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre:Games as Lit)
- ENGL-5385 (Video Games as Literature)
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching Diversity)
Fall 2024 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2001 (Introduction to Literature) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2190 (Lit by Women) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E02 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: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4386 (Digital Comm Internship) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
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
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)]