Jeffrey R. Di Leo | |
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| Born | Jeffrey R. Di Leo Vineland, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, Editor, Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University, Indiana University |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Essay, Theory and Criticism, Philosophy |
Jeffrey R. Di Leo is a Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston–Victoria.[1] He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symplokē,[2] editor-in-chief of the American Book Review,[3] and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute.[4]
Di Leo is a past member of the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly (Teaching as Profession), and is the former president of the Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts.
He received a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Comparative Literature, and a dual PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington. He has taught at Georgia Tech and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Di Leo was born and raised in Vineland, New Jersey. He lives in Victoria, Texas with his wife, Nina, and their two sons.