Dr. Lori Leavell
Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor of English
Irby 401
(501) 450-5100
Lori Leavell (Ph.D., Emory University) began her academic journey in the sciences, but it took only one English class (freshman composition with Doug Sonheim) to convince her to change directions. What she loved about that class are the things that continue to animate her study of literature: language that astonishes and stories that captivate. More than anything, Leavell loves to be surprised by a work of literature or by the path a printed text cuts in the world. Drawn to the material histories of literary works and the workings of print culture, she likes to think about how texts get produced, where they go, and who encounters them. These are the kinds of questions that have propelled her scholarship in nineteenth-century African American literature, some of which can be found in Callaloo, Book History, and Critical Insights: Frederick Douglass. Leavell regularly teaches ENGL 1320: Writing about Food and Community, Introduction to Fiction, the surveys in American Literature as well as upper-level English classes that are part of the African/African American Studies curriculum, including Southern Literature. As the coordinator of the master’s program in English, she’s a good person to talk to if you’re thinking about graduate study!
Education
Ph.D., Emory University
M.A., University of Arkansas
Areas of Specialization
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
African American Literature
Southern Literature
History of the Book and Print Culture
Graduate Programs
Spring 2023 Office Hours
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| — | 2:00p – 4:00p | 12:45p – 4:00p | 2:00p – 2:45p | — |
Fall 2022 Class Schedule
| Intro to Fiction | ENGL 2370 | TR 9:25a – 10:40a | Irby 310 |
| American Literature I | ENGL 2312 | TR 10:50a – 12:05p | Irby 312 |
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| African American Literature | ENGL 4380/5380 | TR 12:15p – 1:30p | Irby 313 | |
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