James L. MacLeod was educated at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He taught history and British studies at Harlaxton College from 1994 to 1999, and since 1999 has been a member of the history department at the University of Evansville. He conducts research and teaches courses in European history and the two world wars and lectures frequently on the history of editorial cartoons. He is the author of two books: The Second Disruption (2000) and Evansville in World War II (2015). He has written many other scholarly publications and in 2016 coproduced a two-part documentary for WNIN Public Television on Evansville in World War II. Dr. MacLeod has published thousands of editorial cartoons, most of them in the Evansville Courier and Press.