Stephen Andes — Field Noteshttps://stephenandes.com/journal/Writing, research, teaching, and conversations.en-usHearing True Stories: A Bushnell University Listening Labhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/hearing-true-stories-listening-lab/https://stephenandes.com/journal/hearing-true-stories-listening-lab/Students transformed podcasts-in-progress about Bushnell University into an interactive listening lab pairing audio storytelling with archival evidence and captioned visuals.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTCalled to Serve: A History of Missions at Bushnell Universityhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/called-to-serve-bushnell-missions/https://stephenandes.com/journal/called-to-serve-bushnell-missions/A student-curated public history exhibit traces Bushnell University’s global mission legacy while inviting reflection on faith, colonialism, and cross-cultural service.Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTInside the history classroomhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/inside-the-history-classroom/https://stephenandes.com/journal/inside-the-history-classroom/A Bushnell University Faculty Features interview with Stephen Andes about teaching history, following curiosity, and connecting students with the past.Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTOctober 15, 1895: A Special Day in Bushnell’s Historyhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/october-15-1895-bushnell-history/https://stephenandes.com/journal/october-15-1895-bushnell-history/Stephen Andes’s first curated pop-up museum invited students to turn Bushnell University’s archives into an interactive public history experience.Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTBusting Three Myths of a Christian Liberal Arts Educationhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/liberal-arts-myths/https://stephenandes.com/journal/liberal-arts-myths/Stephen considers the purpose and practical value of a liberal arts education, beginning with the doubts its defenders face.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTSpeedy Gonzales in translation: Spanish-language dubbing of Looney Tunes in Mexicohttps://stephenandes.com/journal/speedy-in-translation/https://stephenandes.com/journal/speedy-in-translation/A conference presentation on Speedy Gonzales and Spanish-language dubbing, within a panel on Mexican characters in American popular culture.Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTBehind the mask, on In My Defensehttps://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-in-my-defense/https://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-in-my-defense/Stephen joins the In My Defense podcast for a conversation about Zorro’s Shadow.Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTStorytelling in the Age of Disinformationhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/storytelling-disinformation/https://stephenandes.com/journal/storytelling-disinformation/Stephen joined Desirée Proctor and Erica Harrell for a Latinx Comic Arts Festival panel moderated by Barbra Dillon.Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTThe Mexican Legacy of El Zorrohttps://stephenandes.com/journal/mexican-legacy-zorro/https://stephenandes.com/journal/mexican-legacy-zorro/On Latinos Who Lunch, Stephen and Babelito discuss Zorro’s Mexican roots and the character’s transformation in Hollywood.Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTIl segno di Zorro: presentazione del libro di Stephen Andeshttps://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-at-iulm/https://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-at-iulm/An online book presentation and discussion hosted by IULM University with Massimo De Giuseppe.Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTZorro: From the Page to the Silver Screenhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-page-to-silver-screen/https://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-page-to-silver-screen/Stephen Andes offers a behind-the-scenes look at how The Mark of Zorro helped shape action and adventure films.Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMTWhy I Decided to Drop the White Thinkpiece and Amplify Black Voices Instead.https://stephenandes.com/journal/amplify-black-voices/https://stephenandes.com/journal/amplify-black-voices/Stephen introduces the work of Baton Rouge activist Myra Richardson and reflects on whose voices receive attention.Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTCatholicism, Revolution, and Counter-Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin Americahttps://stephenandes.com/journal/catholicism-revolution/https://stephenandes.com/journal/catholicism-revolution/A comparison of Catholic responses to revolution in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua, including the development of liberation theology.Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTWho Was America’s First Superhero?https://stephenandes.com/journal/first-superhero/https://stephenandes.com/journal/first-superhero/An exploration of Zorro’s place in superhero history and the Latinx traditions behind the masked hero.Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTHow I Went From Academic to Agented Author.https://stephenandes.com/journal/academic-to-author/https://stephenandes.com/journal/academic-to-author/Stephen reflects on the risks, practice, and persistence involved in moving from academic publishing toward a broader readership.Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTCharlottesville. Does History Teach Lessons?https://stephenandes.com/journal/charlottesville-history/https://stephenandes.com/journal/charlottesville-history/A reflection on historical judgment and the limits of treating the past as a ready-made collection of lessons.Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTHow do We Know What’s True?https://stephenandes.com/journal/knowing-whats-true/https://stephenandes.com/journal/knowing-whats-true/Stephen explores evidence, storytelling, and the work of judging historical claims in a crowded information landscape.Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTWhat is History? And Why it Matters.https://stephenandes.com/journal/what-is-history/https://stephenandes.com/journal/what-is-history/Beginning in an introductory history classroom, Stephen considers why studying the past matters to university life and our future.Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTTop 5 Things You Should Read on Immigrationhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/immigration-reading/https://stephenandes.com/journal/immigration-reading/A historian’s selection of books, reporting, and documentary work about immigration and the southern U.S. border.Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTZorro at the Borderhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-at-border/https://stephenandes.com/journal/zorro-at-border/A border crossing prompts questions about criminality, law, and the stories Americans tell about heroic rule-breaking.Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMTA Guy Named Harry Gringo Popularized the Epithet. No, really.https://stephenandes.com/journal/harry-gringo/https://stephenandes.com/journal/harry-gringo/A look at naval officer and writer Henry Augustus Wise, who published under the name Harry Gringo.Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTVatican Foreign Relations with Latin America since Independencehttps://stephenandes.com/journal/vatican-foreign-relations/https://stephenandes.com/journal/vatican-foreign-relations/An overview of Vatican diplomacy in Latin America, from independence movements through the Cold War and its aftermath.Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTSinging for Cristo Rey: Masculinity, Piety, and Dissent in Mexico’s Cristero Rebellionhttps://stephenandes.com/journal/singing-for-cristo-rey/https://stephenandes.com/journal/singing-for-cristo-rey/An exploration of how Cristero corridos expressed masculinity, piety, political allegiance, and dissent during Mexico’s religious rebellion.A Catholic Alternative to Revolution: The Survival of Social Catholicism in Postrevolutionary Mexicohttps://stephenandes.com/journal/catholic-alternative/https://stephenandes.com/journal/catholic-alternative/A study of Catholic social activism in Mexico, tracing connections between European organizing and Mexican efforts at social reform.El Vaticano y la identidad religiosa en el México posrevolucionario, 1920–1940https://stephenandes.com/journal/vaticano-identidad/https://stephenandes.com/journal/vaticano-identidad/A Spanish-language article examining Vatican policy and religious identity in Mexico after the revolution.