Stephen John Fogle completed doctoral coursework and comprehensive examinations at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the Spring of 2022. Stephen was recognized as Master of Gerontology by the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2020. Stephen taught for five years as part of the foreign faculty at Jiaxing University in Zhejiang, China. Stephen was in charge of sauce and soup preparations at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park, following two years as front-of-house staff at Indie Cafe in Chicago, Illinois. Stephen was recognized as a Bachelor of History by Loyola University Chicago. Stephen was recognized as a delegate to the Anti-Defamation League Youth Leadership Mission to the National Holocaust Museum and recipient of the Archbishop John L. May Service Award from the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri. Stephen discerned a vocation to the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Hannibal, Missouri.

Dr. Kelly has held various administrative positions at Creighton, including founding Director of Encuentro Dominicano, founding Director of the Office of Academic Service-Learning, and MAM in Lay Ministry. Dr. Kelly has taught immersion theology courses throughout Latin America and has published nationally and internationally on Ignatian Spirituality, philosophical hermeneutics, Latin American ecclesiology, marriage, and social ethics.