Faculty Profile for Dr. Leah Schwebel
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, English Literature, 2014M.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.