Jeffrey R. Di Leo
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 Texas A&M University—Victoria. He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symplokē, editor-in-chief of the American Book Review, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute.
Di Leo is a former member of the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly and a past president of the Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts.
He earned a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and an MA in Philosophy and an MA in Comparative Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington. He also completed a dual PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Di Leo has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Houston—Victoria, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Born and raised in Vineland, New Jersey, Di Leo currently resides in Victoria, Texas, with his wife, Nina, and their two sons.