Thomas F. DeFrantz, Research Professor of African and African American Studies

Please note: Thomas has left the "Computational Media, Arts & Cultures" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	1316 Campus Dr, Rm 243C, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 668-1929
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://danceprogram.duke.edu/faculty/thomas-f-defrantz

Education:

Ph.D.

New York University

1997

Keywords:

African Americans • Dance • Dancers • Gay rights • History • Performing arts • Sexuality

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. DeFrantz, TF, Black dance and technologies of wellness, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, vol. 13 no. 2 (January, 2022), pp. 212-213 [doi]
2. Defrantz, TF, Intermediality and queer African American improvisation: Dianne mcintyre, sounds in motion, Theatre Research International, vol. 46 no. 2 (July, 2021), pp. 115-127 [doi]  [abs]
3. DeFrantz, TF, The race of contemporary ballet: Interpellations of africanist aesthetics, in The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet (January, 2021), pp. 562-580, ISBN 9780190871499 [doi]  [abs]
4. DeFrantz, TF, The talking, Theater, vol. 50 no. 3 (November, 2020), pp. 63-67 [doi]
5. DeFrantz, TF, Soundz at the back of my head, Theater, vol. 50 no. 3 (November, 2020), pp. 69-85 [doi]