George Porter Thomas

George Porter Thomas is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Clemson University's College of Arts and Humanities. His research focuses on intersections of American and African-American literature, critical race theory, temporality, and film studies.

• PhD, University of California, Davis
• MA, University of Chicago
• BA, University of Virginia

His recent publications explore racial historiography in literary criticism, Faulknerian genealogical subversion, cinematic representations of slavery, and temporal structures in Southern literature. Themes across his work emphasize race, historical memory, and narrative experimentation.

Dr. Thomas teaches undergraduate courses including The Practice of Criticism, American Literatures of Race/Ethnicity, and literature courses examining marginalized voices in U.S. literary traditions.