I am a teacher and researcher 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 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 and my bachelor's degree in History and African & Black Diaspora Studies from DePaul University Chicago.
You can click on the "Research" tab above 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 Great Britain's movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade from the perspective of enslavers based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see a list of classes that I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. While I am interested in all aspects of History, most of my teaching 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.
You can click on the "Research" tab above 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 Great Britain's movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade from the perspective of enslavers based in the Caribbean and West Africa. You can click on the "Teaching" tab to see a list of classes that I am currently teaching and have taught in the past. While I am interested in all aspects of History, most of my teaching 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.