Welcome to my personal website. I am a scholar who lives and works in the Bay Area. I received my PhD in History from the University of California at Davis in 2021, and I currently teach African History at the University of San Francisco and Global Studies and World History at the University of California at Berkeley. Before studying at UC Davis, I obtained my master's degree in History from Loyola University Chicago and my bachelor's degree in History and African & Black Diaspora Studies from DePaul University Chicago.
Please feel free to click on the "Research" tab above to see a list of my academic work. Most of my research has focused on the history of the Atlantic World in the eighteenth century, with my dissertation examining the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in Great Britain from the perspective of enslavers based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see a list of the classes that I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to learn more about my research or teaching. You may contact me at at dleigh@berkeley.edu. Thanks for visiting!
Please feel free to click on the "Research" tab above to see a list of my academic work. Most of my research has focused on the history of the Atlantic World in the eighteenth century, with my dissertation examining the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in Great Britain from the perspective of enslavers based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see a list of the classes that I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to learn more about my research or teaching. You may contact me at at dleigh@berkeley.edu. Thanks for visiting!