Jorge Franco

Graduate Teaching Associate,

TCLAS School of International Letters and Cultures - Graduate Teaching Assistant/Associates

[email protected]

Mail code: 0202

Campus: Tempe
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Student Information

Graduate Student
Comparative Culture and Language
The College of Lib Arts & Sci

Long Bio

Jorge Franco IV is pursuing his PhD in Comparative Culture and Language at Arizona State University. He teaches in the School of International Letters and Cultures and serves as a faculty associate for the Central European Cultural Collaborative. His research focuses on medieval French and English literature, especially the ways twelfth-century vernacular texts imagine architecture, sacred space, and political authority. His dissertation, From Imperial Ruin to Sacred Space: Architectural Symbolism in Twelfth-Century France, examines how romance and historiographical writing use ruins, churches, cities, and other built environments to articulate ideas of kingship, empire, historical memory, and sacred authority.

Education

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media (MFA)

American University of Paris – Literary Studies & Creative Arts (BA) / Creative Writing (Minor)

● Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, International English Honor Society, Dean’s List, Provost’s List

Courses

2026 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GER 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
GER 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies

2026 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
GER 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
GER 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GER 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies
SLC 441	Fairy Tales to Disney Movies

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SLC 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
SLC 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
SLC 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

2025 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SLC 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

2024 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
ROM 442	Dracula and Vampire Lore

Expertise Areas

19th Century Literature

French Literature

Medieval and English Literature

Medieval History

Medieval Literature

Medieval Period