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Leslie Eckel is a Professor of English at Suffolk University, serving as Honors Coordinator in the Department of English. She holds a PhD from Yale University, an MPhil from the University of Oxford, and a BA from Harvard University. Her research focuses on 19th-century American literature, transatlantic intellectual networks, African American literary traditions, and utopian studies. Eckel has authored major monographs such as Atlantic Citizens and co-edited The Edinburgh Companion to Atlantic Literary Studies. She contributes to interdisciplinary projects like the Collected Writings of Margaret Fuller and has produced scholarly films on historical figures. Her work bridges global contexts with close textual analysis, emphasizing marginalized voices and transnational frameworks.
Education:
- PhD in English, Yale University
- MPhil in English, University of Oxford
- BA in English, Harvard University
Research emphasizes intersections of race, gender, and transnationalism in 19th-century writing. Current projects include Dwelling in Possibility: Atlantic Utopias and Countercultures and editing Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Her publications demonstrate engagement with both canonical authors like Emerson and Whitman, and underrepresented figures such as Martin R. Delany.
Teaching spans undergraduate through honors programs, covering courses from Young Adult Literature to Senior Capstone Seminars. She advises students in literary criticism and global American literature.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with scholars on Margaret Fuller's writings and Atlantic literary networks through Edinburgh University Press's multi-volume project.
