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
M.A., McGill University, English Literature, 2008
B.A., McGill University, English Literature, magna cum laude, 2006
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.
- Schwebel, L. (2024). Tropes of Engagement. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487552626
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
- Coordinator / Organizer
Medievalist Jews and Allies
- Participant
Texas State government office
- University Mentor
- Member
Scholarship Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
Viator
- Reviewer / Referee
The Chaucer Review