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Christina Francis, Ph.D.

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Christina Francis
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Professor / Professional U Fellow, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
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Education

Dr. Francis received her doctoral degree in English, with a focus on Medieval Literature from Arizona State University in Tempe. Her M.A. and her B.A. both in English are from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Contact Information
Office Hours

Mondays

9:55 AM - 10:55 AM

Tuesdays

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Wednesdays

9:55 AM - 10:55 AM

Fridays

9:55 AM - 10:55 AM


or by appointment

Teaching and Research Interests

Dr. Francis is most interested in Arthurian literature, specifically Sir Thomas Malory, and medievalism in Popular culture; she has published articles on Geoffrey Chaucer and Sir Thomas Malory. Another teaching and research interest includes exploring issues of representations of gender in popular culture which she applies to her classes, but most especially to Eng 288 - Feminist Reading of Culture. Currently, she directs the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor. She is also the advisor for the English Club and Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors Society in the department. Her current research follows modern adaptations of Arthurian texts, such as Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn series.

Courses Taught

  • WRIT103 Foundations in Composition
  • FYS100 Freshman Liberal Arts Topics Course:  "Are We Cyborgs?" or "Our Monsters/Ourselves"
  • ENGL250 Literary Theories and Forms
  • ENGL228 Core Western Texts
  • ENGL240 British Literature I
  • ENGL280 Literature and Identity: Intersectionality
  • ENGL288 Feminist Reading of Culture:  Women Warriors
  • ENGL340 British Literature and Culture:  Medieval Literature
  • ENGL390 Shakespeare
  • ENGL391 Authors in Context: Chaucer
  • ENGL420 Studies in Genre: Romance
  • ENGL360 Literature in Media and Culture:  “Monstrous Mothers”