DEVIN LEIGH, PHD
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Teaching

Below is a list of my teaching work, including classes I am now teaching and classes I have taught in the past. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss teaching or learn more about my teaching practice
Upcoming Courses
  • Modern African History, History Department, University of San Francisco, Spring 2023
  • Survey of World History, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2023​
  • Critical Issues in Global Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2023

Past Courses as Instructor
  • Modern African History (2 sections), History Department, University of San Francisco, Fall 2022 
  • Critical Issues in Global Studies, Fall Program for First Semester, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2022
  • Africa and Modern Global Thought, Global Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2022 [Flyer]​
  • Modern Latin American History, History Department, San Francisco State University, Spring 2022 [Flyer]
  • Modern African History, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2021 [Flyer]
  • World History: 1500 to Present, History Department, San Francisco State University, 2021 [Flyer]
  • Graduate Seminar for Teaching Assistants, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2020
  • West African History, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2019 [Flyer]
  • United States History to 1877, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Solano Community College, 2016
  • Women in American History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Solano Community College, 2015

Past Courses as Teaching Assistant
  • American Women & Gender to 1865, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2021
  • African History to 1900, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2018, 2019, and 2021
  • United States History from 1865, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2017 and 2020
  • World History Since 1850, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2020
  • African History from 1900 to Present, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2017 and 2018
  • United States History to 1865, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2016, 2017, and 2018
  • American Women & Gender Since 1865, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2017

Past Courses as Grader
  • Twentieth Century Latin American Revolutions, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2021
  • European History from 1939 to the Present, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2021
  • History of the American Revolution, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2020
  • United States History Since 1865, History Department, University of California, Davis, 2020

Past Guest Lectures
  • "History of the Transatlantic Slave trade," History Department, University of California, Davis, 2018 and 2019
  • "Memory of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in West Africa," History Department, University of California, Davis, 2018
  • "Jim Crow and the Afterlives of Slavery," History Department, Loyola University Chicago, 2014
  • "Science and Slavery in the Atlantic World," History Department, Loyola University Chicago, 2014

Related Work Experience
  • Youth Case Worker, The Career and College Readiness Program, Howard Area Community Center, 2014-2015
  • Research Assistant, The Reference Department at Cudahy Library, Loyola University Chicago, 2013-2014
  • Writing Tutor, The University Center for Writing-based Learning, DePaul University Chicago, 2009-2012
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