PERFORMANCES & TOURS

For two decades, Josh has toured solo and ensemble performance projects, paired with innovative workshops and experiences, in 30 states. Including:

COMING SOON: Dead Mom Jokes
Burnt City: A Dystopian Bilingual One-Persian Show
Baton Rouge SLAM!: An Obituary for Summer 2016
The Deported: A Reality Show!
CONVICT: The Age of Incarceration
Renowned: Osama Lives On!
Speak Out!: Performance Ethnography
The Worst of the Worst: Performances of Guantanamo Bay


PUBLICATIONS & SCHOLARSHIP

Josh has published award-winning academic and creative scholarship in the areas of performance studies, slam poetry, and forensics speech, in refereed journals like Text & Performance Quarterly, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal, Florida Communication Journal, and the Professional Wrestling Studies Journal. Residencies, workshops, and speaking engagements offered.

PEDAGOGY & COACHING

As Director of Santa Rosa Junior College’s Forensics Speech, Debate, and Performance Team, a top program in the country, and former Director of University of Northern Iowa's top-10 in the nation forensics speech program, Josh has spent 20 years focusing on quality, creativity, advocacy, and personal connection to make sure researching, writing, and performance skills last beyond the stage, office, and classroom. Josh has coached nationally-ranked teams, finalists, and champions, specializing in creativity and connection.

Josh has taught over 175 Performance and Communication Studies courses, and guided over 3,000 students at public universities, community colleges, and in forensics by embracing critical methods of performance engagement within the safety of a creative, supportive, and energized environment.

RECOGNITION & HONORS

Unsung Hero Faculty Recognition Award
SRJC Academic Senate

Outstanding Article in Performance Studies
CSCA Performance Studies & Autoethnography Division

Club Advisor of the Year
SRJC Inter-Club Council

2024 & 2025

New Coach of the Year Award
Northern California Forensics Association

Best Journal Article Award--Ethnography
NCA Ethnography Division

Outstanding Visual Project Award
International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

CSCA Outstanding Article in Autoethnography
CSCA Performance Studies & Autoethnography Division

2022 & 2023

New Directions Award: Individual
American Anthropological Association General Anthropology Division

Marion Kleinau National Scripting Award
SIU Carbondale Department of Communication Studies

Outstanding New Teacher Award
Iowa Communication Association

Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award
Lone Star College—University Park

Best Dissertation Award--Ethnography
NCA Ethnography Division

2021 & 2020

Marie J. Robinson Outstanding Graduate Student in Performance Studies
NCA Performance Studies Division, 2018

Outstanding New Forensics Coach Award
American Forensics Association, 2016

Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
Iowa Communication Association, 2013