Professor Norman Levine received his Ph.D. from New York University. He was a member of the faculty at DePauw University and then transferred to the University of Maryland Baltimore County where he was promoted to Full Professor and from which he retired in 1980. He has published thirty seven scholarly articles and eight previous books. He is the recipient of numerous research grants, including two Fulbright Senior Research Fellowships. Among other institutions, Professor Levine was invited to lecture at the Free University of Berlin, Cambridge University, and from 1990 to 2016 for two months each year at the University of Beijing.