Academic Portfolio
and Works
Below are some of my academic work in both scholarly and public outlets. I am happy to discuss and collaborate on projects.
My ORCID ID is 0000-0002-8901-8148.
The Ethics of Disruption in Business: Contributions from Design Thinking and Catholic Social Thought. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2024.
Faith, Ethos, and the Polis: Entanglements and Engagements: Special issue in Hapag: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 21:2 (2024)
“Church as Field Hospital Amidst the War on Drugs: Incarceration in the Philippines and Alternative Pathways of Care” in Concilium Issue 3 (2025): 79-90.
“Just Transition and Catholic Social Thought in the Philippine Context” in Journal of Management for Global Sustainability 12:2, Article 3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.13185/2244-6893.1243.
“Using Catholic Social Thought and the Normativity of the Future in Responding to the Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change” Religions 15:10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101281.
“Considerations for a Comprehensive Sex Education Grounded in Catholic Social Thought for Reproductive Justice in the Philippines” Journal of Moral Theology Vol 6, Issue CTEWC Book Series 6 (2024), 237-256. Also available in in Reproduction and the Common Good: Global Perspectives from the Catholic Tradition. Eds. Emily Reimer-Barry and Simeiqi He, Eugene Oregon: Pickwick Publications.
“Women’s Needs vs. Economic Survival During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Navigating This Tension Using Care and Justice,” Acta Theologica Suppl. 35 (2023), 34 – 57. Co-authored with Rachel Joyce Marie O. Sanchez. https://doi.org/10.38140/at.v35i1.6178.
“Fratelli Tutti and Social Entrepreneurship,” Social Transformations: Journal of the Global South. 10:2 (2022).
“Operationalizing the Vision of Catholic Social Thought Using Change Management,” Religions. 13:6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13060483.
“Economics and Catholic Social Teaching: A Pedagogy of Navigating Rationality, Self-Interest, Altruism, and Reciprocity,” Social Transformations: Journal of the Global South. 10:1 (2022), 3-21. Co-authored with Joselito T. Sescon, Philip Arnold P. Tuaño, Rachel Joyce Marie O. Sanchez, and Jaime A. Acevedo.
“Catholic Social Thought and Design Thinking: Putting the Option for the Poor into Practice,” The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 80:4 (2021), 1205 – 1231. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12419.
“Contributions of Catholic Social Thought to Doughnut Economics to Achieve a Vision of Flourishing of Creation,” Journal of Dharma 46:3 (2021), 295-312.
"Addressing the Anthropology of Business Ethics: Insights from Catholic Social Thought," Journal of Religion and Business Ethics 4: Art. 8 (2019).
“Vocation and Work in the Spirit: Understanding Charisms in Relation to Work and Vocation” in Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities 6:1 (2016), 107 – 123.
“Deconstructing and Expanding Gender Roles: Theological Reflections on Women and Local Disaster Response” in Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture 19:1 (2015), 49 – 80. Co-authored with Rachel Joyce Marie O. Sanchez.
“The Church’s Ministry in Contemporary Society: Soundings from Henri Nouwen” in Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology 7:3 (2013), 582 – 594.
“On Threats to Women’s Flourishing” in Reproduction and the Common Good: Global Perspectives from the Catholic Tradition. Co-authored with Karen Peterson-Iyer, Mary M. Doyle Roche, Emily Reimer-Barry, and Mary Lilian Akhere Ehdiamhen. Eds. Emily Reimer-Barry and Simeiqi He, Eugene Oregon: Pickwick Publications and online via the Journal of Moral Theology Vol 6, Issue CTEWC Book Series 6, 2024. 207-224.
“Design Thinking in the Catholic Church’s Organizational Structures: Responding to the Wicked Problem of the Sex Abuse Crisis” in Doing Theology and Theological Ethics in the Face of the Abuse Crisis. Ed. Daniel Fleming, James Keenan, and Hans Zollner, Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications and online via the Journal of Moral Theology, 2023. 72-86. Also available in Spanish.
“Hope and Despair in Today’s World: Avery Dulles and Filipino Youth.” in The Survival of Dulles: Reflections on A Second Century of Influence. Ed. Michael Canaris, New York: Fordham University Press, 2021. 94-104.
“Educational Evaluation – Understanding the Principles and Process” in The Ashoka U Changemaker Education Evaluation Compendium. Co-authored with Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro. Ed. Hattie Duplechain, New York: Ashoka U, 2019. 14-25.
“Women and Labor in Food Production: Insights from the Vocation of the Business Leader and the Fair Trade Movement” in Foodscapes: Beyond the Food Environment—A Feminist Theological Take on Food Issues in Asia. Ed. Kristine C. Meneses and Christine E. Burke, IBVM. Bengaluru, India: Dharmaram Publications, 2019. 155-176.
“Gender, Inculturation, and the Ecclesiology of Communion in the Philippine Church and Liturgy” in The 21st Century Woman Still Claiming Her Space: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives. Co-authored with Rachel Joyce Marie O. Sanchez. Ed. Virginia Saldanha and Metti Amirtham, SCC. Delhi, India: Media House, 2018. 226-242.
“Blessing same-sex couples: What it means for LGBTQIA+ Catholics” in Rappler, January 3, 2024, Co-authored with Raphael Yabut, https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/fiducia-supplicans-implications-for-lgbtqia-catholics/.
“Reproductive Justice in the Reproductive Health Law and Divorce Bill in the Philippines” in Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Forum, January 1, 2024. https://catholicethics.com/forum/reproductive-justice-in-the-reproductive-health-law-and-divorce-bill-in-the-philippines/.
“Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Commentary” in Future Church. June 25, 2023. https://futurechurch.org/lectionary/a/twelfth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/.
“Easter Sunday – Commentary,” in Future Church. April 9, 2023. https://futurechurch.org/lectionary/a/easter-sunday/.
”Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Commentary,” in Future Church. January 22, 2023. https://futurechurch.org/lectionary/a/third-sunday-in-ordinary-time/.
“Preparing People for Family in the Philippine Context” in Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Forum, December 27, 2022. https://catholicethics.com/forum/preparing-people-for-family-in-the-philippine-context/.
“Discernment Beyond the Elections” in Rappler, March 7, 2022. Co-authored with Raphael Yabut, https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/opinion-discernment-beyond-elections/.
“Doing Business in the Philippines During the Covid-19 Pandemic” in Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Forum, February 25, 2022. https://catholicethics.com/forum/business-in-the-philippines/.
“Collaborating and Compromising for the Common Good” in Rappler, February 20, 2022. Co-authored with Raphael Yabut, https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/opinion-collaborating-compromising-common-good/.
“Discerning A Candidate: A Spiritual and Moral Practice” in Rappler, February 10, 2022. Co-authored with Raphael Yabut. https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/opinion-discerning-candidate-spiritual-moral-practice/.
“Spaces for the Social and the Political in Beauty Pageants” in Tinig. November 1, 2021. https://ateneo.edu/ls/soh/theology/news/spaces-social-and-political-beauty-pageants.
“Flying in a Pandemic” in Open Windows: Teaching Theology Today. March 2021. https://openwindows.ace.fordham.edu/2021-03/stephanie-ann-puen-flying-pandemic/.
“On Communal Discernment and the Voting Booth” in Conversations: On Jesuit Higher Education. October 2, 2020. http://www.conversationsmagazine.org/web-features/2020/10/2/on-communal-discernment-and-the-voting-booth.
“Caring for the Whole Person in the COVID-19 Era: Teaching Resilience during Distance Learning” in Medium.com. May 22, 2020. Co-authored with Joseph Nicolello and Katie Shine. https://medium.com/@jimenezmc2/the-collective-impact-of-covid-19-f282e0c882f5.
“The Middle Class, the Poorest of the Poor, and Solidarity in the Philippines’ Covid Crisis” in Daily Theology. April 27, 2020. https://dailytheology.org/2020/04/27/the-middle-class-the-poorest-of-the-poor-solidarity-in-the-philippines-covid-crisis/.
“Accountability in the Catholic Church?: A Call for Greater Organizational Ethics” in Daily Theology. August 22, 2018. https://dailytheology.org/2018/08/22/accountability-in-the-catholic-church-a-call-for-greater-organizational-ethics/.