James Joshua (Josh) Coleman is an assistant professor in the Department of English’s English education program. Coleman uses social science and humanities-based methods to study LGBTQ+ youth literature and educator well-being. His research on teacher resistance to classroom censorship — the “Banned Childhoods” project — is funded by a National Academy of Education and Spencer postdoctoral fellowship. Coleman is coauthor of “Restorying Young Adult Literature: Expanding Students’ Perspectives with Digital Texts” (NCTE, 2023).