Joshua Rashon Streeter (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Education at Emerson College. His teaching focuses on critical pedagogy, K-16 pre-service and in-service education, drama and theatre education, Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), musical theatre, and arts integration. Joshua’s scholarship analyzes the pedagogies used in rehearsals and classrooms and considers the relationship between process and product in a creative experience. He is an artist-educator-scholar of color.
Joshua was named the 2015 Winifred Ward Scholar from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE), an honor going to one M.F.A. or Ph.D. candidate in the US each year named after the founder of the field of creative drama. More recently he received the 2021 Ann Flagg Multicultural Award (AATE), the 2021 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Inclusivity (JMU), and was one of three national finalists for the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty.
As a theatre-maker, Joshua loves to make work that is aesthetically and narratively driven – playing with light, objects, movement, and music. He was a 2021 finalist in the Reimagine: New Plays in TYA initiative. Additionally, Joshua is a professional director (musical theatre and theatre for young audiences).
Joshua was also one of the twelve writers for the National Theatre Standards and continues to work as a consultant to numerous state departments of education. For the past 15 years, he has created and facilitated workshops across the nation, including the American Alliance for Theatre and Education National Conference, Educational Theatre Association National Conference, Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference, NYU Forum on Educational Theatre, National Association for the Education of Young Children National Conference, Tennessee Arts Academy, and Drama for Schools Summer Institute.
He previously held a professorship at James Madison University (JMU), where he built and lead the Theatre Education Pre-Professional Licensure Program and the Teaching Artist Concentration. Joshua was also a Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI) teaching associate and a faculty member in the African, African-American, and Diaspora (AAAD) studies program at James Madison University.
Joshua holds degrees from Millikin University, Emerson College, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas at Austin.
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