Dr. Joshua Truett (Asst. Professor in the Dept. Theatre and New Dance, Cal Poly Pomona) is an artist-scholar whose work explores performance as resistance, resilience, and community-builder. Based on a continuing ethnographic project in Oaxaca, Mexico, Dr. Truett’s current research explores festivals in indigenous and mestizo (ethnic/racially mixed) groups in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Oaxacan diaspora in other parts of Mexico, and the US Southwest. Using decolonial methodologies informed by queer, trans, and indigenous studies, the project investigates the activism performed by groups of muxes: a non-binary gender and non-normative sexuality rooted in the beliefs and practices of the Isthmus Zapotec culture. Josh is also a producer, writer, and performer who works across theatre, film, and new media. A García-Robles Fulbright recipient in Oaxaca and a University Fellow (Ph.D.) at The Ohio State University, he has received numerous other awards and grants to support his creative work and interdisciplinary initiatives on campus and in the community.

New Work Development and Dramaturgy, Experimental Theatre, Physical Theatre, Dramatic Literature, Dramaturgy for Devised and Community-Engaged Theatre

English, Spanish

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