Faculty Profile for Dr. Leah Schwebel

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Dr. Leah Schwebel
Associate Professor — English
FH 365
phone: (512) 245-3629

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ph.D., University of Connecticut, English Literature, 2014
M.A., McGill University, English Literature, 2008
B.A., McGill University, English Literature, magna cum laude, 2006

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Schwebel, L. (2019). What’s in Criseyde’s Book? The Chaucer Review, 54(1), 91–115.
  • Schwebel, L. (2018). Triumphing over Dante in Petrarch’s Trionfi. Mediaevalia, 37, 89–113.
  • Schwebel, L. (2018). The Pagan Suicides: Augustine and Inferno 13. Medium Aevum, 87, 106–132.
  • Schwebel, L. (2024). Tropes of Engagement. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487552626
  • Schwebel, L. (2023, August). Review of Chaucer’s Italy. History: Reviews of New Books. Taylor and Francis.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Teaching. 2022 - 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi favorite professor. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi favorite professor. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2017

Selected Grants

  • Schwebel, Leah. Research Enhancement Project, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: May 2020). Grant.
  • Schwebel, Leah. Non-teaching Dissertation Fellowship, University of Connecticut. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Schwebel, Leah. Summer Predoctoral Award, $3930. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Schwebel, Leah. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award, $2000.00. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Schwebel, Leah. Summer Research Fellowship, $1042.00. (Funded: 2012). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Coordinator / Organizer
Medievalist Jews and Allies
2024-Present
Participant
Texas State government office
2023-Present
University Mentor
2022-Present
Member
Scholarship Committee
2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Viator
2019-Present