Biography and expertise
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
M.A., McGill University, English Literature, 2008
B.A., McGill University, English Literature, magna cum laude, 2006
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in English
University of Connecticut, 2014
Master's Degree
MA in English
McGill University, 2008
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English Literature
McGill University, 2000
Featured 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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. (n.d.). Elia Bachur, Boccaccio, and Writing in the Vernacular for Women. Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 48.
- Schwebel, L. (n.d.). Translating Sex, Globalizing Gender. In Oxford Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Late Medieval English Literature. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Featured 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: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi favorite professor. 2017
Featured service activities
- Editor
The Chaucer Review
- Chair
Med/ Renn Minor
- Participant
Texas State government office
- University Mentor
- Member
Scholarship Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
Viator