Bruno Leone earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from the Arizona State University and The University of Minnesota, respectively. He was a lecturer at the University of Minnesota and assistant professor of history at St. Francis University, Joliet, Illinois. Recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Graduate Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and two National Science Foundation Grants, he has authored numerous books, articles and anthologies including, Origin: The Story of Charles Darwin and Disease in History. He is currently adjunct professor of humanities at California State University, San Marcos where he lectures for the Osher Foundation.