{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2019-03-19T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:51:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-55 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Leak\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jeffrey-leak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/306\/2019\/03\/jeff-leak-cropped-from-PS-1.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Education <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., Emory University, 1997<\/li>\n<li>M.A., University of Delaware, 1992<\/li>\n<li>B.A., Campbell University, 1990<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twentieth and Twenty First-Century African American Novel<\/li>\n<li>Gender and Cultural Studies<\/li>\n<li>Biography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selected Publications and Presentations <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas<\/em>. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014.<\/li>\n<li><em>Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature<\/em>. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2005.<\/li>\n<li><em>Rac(e)ing to the Right: Selected Essays of George S. Schuyler.<\/em> Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Henry Dumas and the Challenge of Biography,\u201d American Literature Association Symposium on Biography, Puerto Vallarta , Mexico , 7-10 December 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate Level<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twentieth-Century Black Autobiography ENGL 4050<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to African American Literature, ENGL 2090\/2301<\/li>\n<li>American Literature1820-1865, ENGL 3141<\/li>\n<li>American Literature 1920-Present, ENGL 3143<\/li>\n<li>Masculinity in African American Literature, ENGL 4050<\/li>\n<li>Twentieth-Century American Novel, ENGL 4144<\/li>\n<li>African American Literary Criticism and Theory, ENGL 4158<\/li>\n<li>Black Family in Fiction and Film, LBST 2212<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Graduate Level<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twentieth-Century American Novel, ENGL 5144<\/li>\n<li>Race and Gender in American Literature, ENGL 6685<\/li>\n<li>Literature and Culture of the Black Arts Movement, ENGL 6050<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Appointments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UNC\u00a0Charlotte since 1998<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Administrative Appointments\/Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) to the NCAA, current<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Chancellor\u2019s Advisory Council on Intercollegiate Athletics, current<\/li>\n<li>Martin Scholars Program Faculty Fellow, 2017-current<\/li>\n<li>Member, Inaugural Class of the Emerging Leaders Program of the\u00a0American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), 2016<\/li>\n<li>Faculty President, UNC Charlotte Faculty Council, 2015-2016<\/li>\n<li>Director, UNC Charlotte Center for the Study of the New South, 2011-2015<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Associate, UNC Charlotte Academic Affairs, January 2007-January 2008<\/li>\n<li>Interim Director, McNair Scholars Program, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Community Service<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nDeacon, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Ph.D., Emory University, 1997 M.A., University of Delaware, 1992 B.A., Campbell University, 1990 Areas of Interest Twentieth and Twenty First-Century African American Novel Gender and Cultural Studies Biography Selected Publications and Presentations Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014. Racial Myths and Masculinity in African American Literature. 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