Steve has been a professor with Xavier University since 2003. Prior to that, he studied as an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. His interest in medieval literature and Celtic language politics led him to Indiana University where, as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow, he completed his doctoral work in medieval political prophecy. His current research interests include medieval prophecy, Welsh politics, narrative theory, themed spaces, and the writings of the Inklings (J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams).