Francis, James
individual record
Senior Lecturer
Positions:
- Senior Lecturer, English, College of Arts and Sciences
education and training
- Ph.D. in English, Middle Tennessee State University - (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States) 2010
- M.A. in English, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2005
- B.A. in English, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1999
selected publications
Academic Articles1
- Francis, J. (2007). Camping Out: Sexuality as Aesthetic Value in Tennessee Williams' And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens. The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. (9), 131-142.
Books2
- Francis, J. (2010). Short Fiction Creative Writing: Storytelling with a Film Perspective. Lambert Academic Publishing.
Chapters5
- Francis, J. (2022). Angela Bettis: Gender in the Space of Collaborative Horror. McCollum, V., & Clarke, A. (Eds.), Bloody Women: Women Directors of Horror. 53-67. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Francis, J. (2022). Frankenstein Goes West: The Mad Scientist from Classic Literature to Modern Sci-Fi Horror. Janicker, R. (Eds.), The Scientist in Popular Culture: Playing God and Working Wonders. 1-19. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Francis, J. (2011). "That's so gay": Drag, camp, and the power of storytelling in Supernatural. Abbott, S., & Lavery, D. (Eds.), TV Goes to Hell An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural. 119-131. ECW Press.
- Francis, J. (2010). The lighter side of death: Dexter as comedy. Howard, D. L. (Eds.), Dexter Investigating Cutting Edge Television. 175-188. I.B. Tauris.
- Francis, J. (2009). Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). Hawley, J. C. (Eds.), LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia, Volume 3: P-Z. 1266-1267. Greenwood.
Internet Publications3
- Francis, J. (2018). Why did the television reboot become all the rage?. - An article submitted to The Conversation
researcher on
Principal Investigator3
recent teaching activities
- ENGL104 Composition & Rhetoric Instructor
- ENGL203 Hnr-writing About Literature Instructor
- ENGL203 Writing About Literature Instructor
- ENGL210 Technical Professional Writing Instructor
- ENGL235 Elements Creative Writng Instructor
Email
jfrancisjr@tamu.edu
First Name
James
Last Name
Francis
mailing address
Texas A&M University; English; 4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA
