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In the Fall 2005 semester, Joshua, who hails from the North Shore of Massachusetts, and had just completed his Ph.D. (U. Maryland, dissertation titled: "Shifting Whiteness: U.S. White Parents of Black and Biracial Children") joined the Skidmore American Studies department. Joshua earned his B.A. at Colby College and his M.A. at Michigan State University (Thesis: "(Dis)Claiming Whiteness: Homer Plessy, Tiger Woods, and Racially Transformed Parents").
His publications include "The Chameleon: Successful Negotiations of Multiple Cultural Traditions," (in John L. Caughey, Cultures and Identities: A Life History Approach to the Study of American Lives) and "Last Word: Teaching Slavery: Artificial Barriers to Past, Present," (Black Issues in Higher Education 18.7, 5/24/2001). From 2002 to 2004, Joshua was the President of the Chesapeake chapter of the American Studies Association (CHASA). Joshua's teaching interests focus primarily on whiteness studies and multiracial studies, including the idea of border crossing and racial boundaries (noted in his dissertation).
He also is working on an ethnographic study consisting of focused-life history interviews and participant observations with six biracial and bisexual/gay young men. Joshua has received many distinctions such as the Graduate School Dissertation Fellow (2003-04, University of Maryland), the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora Research and Travel Grant Competition (2003-04, for "White No More: A Parent's Journey Across the Color Line"), and the Rhonda M. Williams Memorial Award, Black Faculty and Staff Association (May 2003, University of Maryland), among many others.