Joshua Rashon Streeter (he/him/his) is a lecturer in MFA Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities and BFA UTeach Theatre programs at the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, Joshua serves as the manager for advocacy and impact for the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA). 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 examines the pedagogies employed in rehearsals and classrooms, considering 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 by the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE), an honor bestowed upon one M.F.A. or Ph.D. candidate in the US each year, in recognition of 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. In 2023, Joshua received the Founders Award from EdTA, an honor that recognizes artists whose work has made profound impacts on the growth and development of theatre education, research, and practice.
As a theatre-maker, Joshua loves to create work that is both aesthetically and narratively driven, exploring the interplay of 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 professorships at James Madison University (JMU) and Emerson College. At JMU, Joshua built and led the Theatre Education Pre-Professional Licensure Program and the Teaching Artist Concentration. There, he also served as 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. After JMU, Joshua headed the graduate program in theatre education and licensure at Emerson College.
Joshua holds degrees from Millikin University, Emerson College, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas at Austin.
