Jeffrey R. Di Leo
Encyclopedia
Jeffrey R. Di Leo is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Houston–Victoria
. He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symplokē, editor and publisher of the American Book Review
, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange.
Di Leo serves as Series Editor of two book series ("Class in America" and "Symplokē Studies in Contemporary Theory") for the University of Nebraska Press
. He is a member of the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly (Teaching as Profession), and former president of the Southern Comparative Literature Association.
Dr. Di Leo received a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Comparative Literature, and a dual PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington. He has taught at Georgia Tech and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Di Leo was born and raised in Vineland, New Jersey. He lives in Victoria, Texas with his wife, Nina, and their two sons.
• Neoliberalism, Education, Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues.
Co-authored with Henry Giroux, Sophia McClennen, and Ken Saltman. (2011)
• Terror, Theory, and the Humanities. Co-edited with Uppinder Mehan. (2011)
• Federman’s Fictions: Innovation, Theory, and the Holocaust. Edited with
an introductory essay. (2011)
• Academia Degree Zero: Reconsidering the Politics of Higher Education.
(2010)
• Fiction’s Present: Situating Contemporary Narrative Innovation.
Co-edited with R.M. Berry. (2008)
• From Socrates to Cinema: An Introduction to Philosophy. (2007)
• If Classrooms Matter: Progressive Visions of Educational Environments.
Co-edited with Walter R. Jacobs. (2004)
• On Anthologies: Politics and Pedagogy. Edited with an introductory
essay. (2004)
• Affiliations: Identity in Academic Culture. Edited with an introductory
essay. (2003)
• Morality Matters: Race, Class and Gender in Applied Ethics. (2002)
Selected Articles
• “Falling into Rank: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Journal
Rankings.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing. (2011)
• “The Executor’s Dilemma.” American Book Review. (2011)
• “The Cult of the Book—and Why It Must End.” Chronicle of Higher
Education. (2010)
• “In Praise of Tough Criticism.” Chronicle of Higher Education. (2010)
• “Do Androids Dream of Anna Karenina?” American Book Review. (2010)
• “The Fate of the Book Review.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing. (2009)
• “Against Anonymity.” Inside Higher Ed. (2009)
• “Public Intellectuals, Inc.” Inside Higher Ed. (2008)
• “Policing the Borders of Birmingham: Cultural Studies, Semiotics and the
Politics of Repackaging Theory.” Semiotica. (2000)
• “Text.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. (1998)
• “Charles Peirce’s Theory of Proper Names.” Studies in the Logic of
Charles Sanders Peirce. (1997)
• “Unlimited Semiosis in Literature.” Southern Review. (1994)
• “Peirce’s Haecceitism.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society.
(1991)
University of Houston–Victoria
The University of Houston–Victoria is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 20-acre in Victoria, with satellite locations at UH System centers in Sugar Land and Cinco Ranch...
. He is editor and founder of the critical theory journal symplokē, editor and publisher of the American Book Review
American Book Review
The American Book Review is a nonprofit, internationally distributed publication that appears six times a year. ABR specializes in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and...
, and Executive Director of the Society for Critical Exchange.
Di Leo serves as Series Editor of two book series ("Class in America" and "Symplokē Studies in Contemporary Theory") for the University of Nebraska Press
University of Nebraska Press
The University of Nebraska Press, founded in 1941, is a publisher of scholarly and popular-press books. It is the second-largest state university press in the United States and, including private institutions, ranks among the 10 largest university presses in the United States...
. He is a member of the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly (Teaching as Profession), and former president of the Southern Comparative Literature Association.
Dr. Di Leo received a BA in Philosophy and Economics from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Comparative Literature, and a dual PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington. He has taught at Georgia Tech and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Di Leo was born and raised in Vineland, New Jersey. He lives in Victoria, Texas with his wife, Nina, and their two sons.
Publications
Books• Neoliberalism, Education, Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues.
Co-authored with Henry Giroux, Sophia McClennen, and Ken Saltman. (2011)
• Terror, Theory, and the Humanities. Co-edited with Uppinder Mehan. (2011)
• Federman’s Fictions: Innovation, Theory, and the Holocaust. Edited with
an introductory essay. (2011)
• Academia Degree Zero: Reconsidering the Politics of Higher Education.
(2010)
• Fiction’s Present: Situating Contemporary Narrative Innovation.
Co-edited with R.M. Berry. (2008)
• From Socrates to Cinema: An Introduction to Philosophy. (2007)
• If Classrooms Matter: Progressive Visions of Educational Environments.
Co-edited with Walter R. Jacobs. (2004)
• On Anthologies: Politics and Pedagogy. Edited with an introductory
essay. (2004)
• Affiliations: Identity in Academic Culture. Edited with an introductory
essay. (2003)
• Morality Matters: Race, Class and Gender in Applied Ethics. (2002)
Selected Articles
• “Falling into Rank: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Journal
Rankings.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing. (2011)
• “The Executor’s Dilemma.” American Book Review. (2011)
• “The Cult of the Book—and Why It Must End.” Chronicle of Higher
Education. (2010)
• “In Praise of Tough Criticism.” Chronicle of Higher Education. (2010)
• “Do Androids Dream of Anna Karenina?” American Book Review. (2010)
• “The Fate of the Book Review.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing. (2009)
• “Against Anonymity.” Inside Higher Ed. (2009)
• “Public Intellectuals, Inc.” Inside Higher Ed. (2008)
• “Policing the Borders of Birmingham: Cultural Studies, Semiotics and the
Politics of Repackaging Theory.” Semiotica. (2000)
• “Text.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. (1998)
• “Charles Peirce’s Theory of Proper Names.” Studies in the Logic of
Charles Sanders Peirce. (1997)
• “Unlimited Semiosis in Literature.” Southern Review. (1994)
• “Peirce’s Haecceitism.” Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society.
(1991)