Jeffrey
Leak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Education
- Ph.D., Emory University , 1997
- M.A., University of Delaware , 1992
- B.A., Campbell University , 1990
Areas of Interest
- Twentieth-Century African American Novel
- Gender and Cultural Studies
- Biography
Current Project
Current project is a biography of Henry Dumas (1934-1968), a writer from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Selected Publications and Presentations
Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
Rac(e)ing to the Right: Selected Essays of George S. Schuyler. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2001.
Henry Dumas and the Challenge of Biography,” American Literature Association Symposium on Biography, Puerto Vallarta , Mexico , 7-10 December 2006. Courses Taught
Undergraduate
- Twentieth-Century Black Autobiography ENGL 4050
- Introduction to African American Literature, ENGL 2090/2301
- American Literature1820-1865, ENGL 3141
- American Literature 1920-Present, ENGL 3143
- Masculinity in African American Literature, ENGL 4050
- Twentieth-Century American Novel, ENGL 4144
- African American Literary Criticism and Theory, ENGL 4158
- Black Family in Fiction and Film, LBST 2212
Graduate
- Twentieth-Century American Novel, ENGL 5144
- Race and Gender in American Literature, ENGL 6685
- Literature and Culture of the Black Arts Movement, ENGL 6050
Professional Appointments
Faculty Appointments
UNC Charlotte since 1998
Administrative Appointments
Faculty Associate, Academic Affairs, January 2007-January 2008
Interim Director, McNair Scholars Program 2001
Community Service
Deacon, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church |
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