Managing Editor, The Occasional
Stephen is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History and Ecumenics at Princeton Theological Seminary, specializing in “Religion in the Americas.” Stephen was born in Costa Rica and grew up in Argentina, where he returned after graduating from university in the United States. He is researching Latin American political history, religious-social movements, and Pentecostalism in Argentina. Stephen is the recipient of the Louisville Doctoral Fellowship and is the Jackson Scholar for Latin American Studies (BSIR Baylor University). As a native Spanish speaker, he works as an active translator, translating various books, essays, and chapters in edited volumes. In 2023, he translated Pope Francis’s book, I Am Asking in the Name of God (Penguin Random House, 2023). Stephen holds a BA in Theological Studies from the University of Valley Forge and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has also completed coursework in the Sociology of Culture program at the Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina.
