Stephen is a professor of urbanism in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on port cities, infrastructure, and logistics. Stephen is an active member of the international planning history community, serving as Associate Editor of Planning Perspectives, the U.K.-based journal of the International Society of Planning History, for which he is also Vice President-Elect. Stephen’s current research focuses on Southern Regionalism, and his forthcoming book, Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism, will be published with the University of North Carolina Press in Fall 2025.