Stephen Andes is a professor of history at Bushnell University and the author of books that connect scholarly research with narrative storytelling. He received his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford, where he was a member of St Antony’s College. His work explores Latin America, especially Mexico and Chile, the history of Christianity, and popular culture.
His subjects range from Sofía del Valle, a Catholic activist whose life crossed national borders, to Zorro and the tangled cultural legacy of Speedy Gonzales. In Jade, Daughter of the Wasteland, he turns to speculative fiction.
Follow the question.
What do the stories we love reveal about us? Whose lives are missing from the record? How does the past remain present in the images, institutions, and communities around us?
Those questions connect Stephen’s books, teaching, and public conversations. They also make a good starting point for readers discovering his work.
One author, two names.
You will find his work under both Stephen Andes and Stephen J. C. Andes. It is the same historian, following different threads.
Beyond the books.
The author’s brief offers two other clues: time spent chasing his three children around a soccer field, and a habit of coming last at Super Mario Party.
