Eric Leake
Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
Director, MA in Rhetoric and Composition
Dr. Eric Leake joined the Texas State University Department of English faculty and the MA Rhetoric and Composition program in 2013. Originally from Las Vegas, he completed his PhD at the University of Louisville. His research interests include empathy, writing pedagogy, and civic literacies. Dr. Leake is the author of Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters (Routledge). He currently is co-editing two volumes on empathy and writing pedagogy. He also has published on nostalgia, Las Vegas, and misinformation.
Dr. Leake was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2019 - 2020. He currently serves as Texas State University's Fulbright Liaison. Before returning to academia, Dr. Leake worked as a newspaper and magazine reporter, an experience that informs his interest in civic literacies and pedagogy. He also was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in the country of Georgia. Dr. Leake regularly teaches graduate courses on Empathy and Writing and Rhetorical Theory and History, among others. He also teaches undergraduate courses on The Personal Essay and Life Writing. He began directing the MARC program in the fall of 2020. Please feel free to contact him with any questions.
Contact:
| Office | MH13 Flowers Hall |
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| Office Phone | 512-245-3785 |
| eleake@txstate.edu |
| Degrees |
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| Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville |
| M.A., English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| B.A., English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Teaching & Research Interests | |
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| Empathy Studies | Writing Pedagogy |
| Civic literacies |
| Courses Commonly Taught |
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| ENG 5383: History of Rhetorical Theory |
| ENG 5317: Specializations in Rhetoric and Composition: Empathy and Writing |
| ENG 5383: Studies in Rhetorical Theory: Affect / Emotion / Rhetoric |
| ENG 3311: Practices in Writing and Rhetoric: Life Stories |
| ENG 3311: Practices in Writing and Rhetoric: The Personal Essay |