Nancy Leys Stepan

Nancy Leys Stepan started her working life as a science journalist, then qualified as a historian of science and medicine. She is Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University, and has previously taught at Yale, Oxford, and the Central European University. Besides Eradication, featured on Rorotoko, her books include “The Hour of Eugenics” (co-winner of the Berkshire Prize), Picturing Tropical Nature, The Idea of Race in Science.