He is the Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
In his role as a practitioner of postcolonial biblical criticism, Segovia focuses upon the New Testament and the origins of Christianity.
Segovia holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Pontifical College Josephinum (1970), and an M.A.
[3] Segovia joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University's Divinity School in 1984, first as associate, then as full professor.
[1] Segovia is past president of La Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars of Religion (of which he is also a founding member), of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS), and of the Society of Biblical Literature (2014).