My name is Devin Leigh, and I am a teacher and researcher who lives and works in northern California. I received my PhD in History from the University of California at Davis in 2021, and I teach at a number of institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco State University, the University of San Francisco, and the University of California at Berkeley. Before studying at UC Davis, I obtained my master's degree in History from Loyola University Chicago in 2015 and my bachelor's degree in History and African & Black Diaspora Studies from DePaul University Chicago in 2012.
You can click on the "Research" tab to see a list of my academic work. Most of my research has focused on the Atlantic World in the eighteenth century, with my dissertation examining the rise of the slave-trade abolition movement from the perspective of British enslavers and gentleman scholars who were based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see lists of classes I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. While I am interested in learning and teaching all aspects of history, most of my teaching so far has been in four subject areas: World History and Global Studies, African History, Latin American History, and United States History. Please feel free to contact me at dleigh@berkeley.edu if you would like to learn more about my teaching or research. Thank you for visiting.
You can click on the "Research" tab to see a list of my academic work. Most of my research has focused on the Atlantic World in the eighteenth century, with my dissertation examining the rise of the slave-trade abolition movement from the perspective of British enslavers and gentleman scholars who were based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see lists of classes I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. While I am interested in learning and teaching all aspects of history, most of my teaching so far has been in four subject areas: World History and Global Studies, African History, Latin American History, and United States History. Please feel free to contact me at dleigh@berkeley.edu if you would like to learn more about my teaching or research. Thank you for visiting.