Rebeca C. Leffler, Ph.D.

Rebeca C. Leffler is a political theorist whose work focuses on the ideas, texts, and practices that have shaped the American political system. More broadly, her research engages with American political thought, constitutional development, and rhetoric and statesmanship. She is currently an America in the World Consortium (AWC) Postdoctoral Associate at the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. She is also a book review editor at H-Pol, an H-Net network on American political history. Prior to joining AWC, Leffler taught government and political philosophy at Claremont McKenna College and Hamilton College.

 

Leffler's peer-reviewed research has been published or is forthcoming in American Political Thought, SAGE Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender, and the edited volume, Movements and American Political Thought. Her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities at LancasterHistory, the Western Political Science Association, the Jack Miller Center, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. ​

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Leffler earned her Ph.D. in political science with fields in political philosophy and American politics from Claremont Graduate University. She holds a B.A. in English literature from California State University, Los Angeles. She lives in Gainesville, Florida with her husband and their two kids.