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Joshua Kalin Busman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Music and Assistant Dean of the . A native of Knoxville, TN, he comes to North Carolina from just over the Great Smoky Mountains. In 2009, he graduated summa cum laude from Middle Tennessee State University with a B.M. in Music Theory and Composition. In 2011, he completed an M.A. in Musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with   In May 2015, he received his Ph.D. in Musicology from Â鶹ÉçÇø-Chapel Hill with a dissertation titled His research focuses broadly on contemporary evangelical Christianity with particular focuses on worship, affect, and mass-media. Over the past several years, Joshua has been invited to present his research at a host of regional, national, and international conferences and has published original research in journals such as , , , the , , and , as well as in multiple edited collections from Oxford University Press, , , , and the . He is a past president of the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Southeast and Caribbean Chapter as well as the study group. Currently, he serves as co-chair for the in the American Academy of Religion and as a member of the . In addition to his academic work, Joshua also serves as , connecting classical music to the broader public through his writing and speaking. He is also an active composer throughout the Cape Fear region with recent performances by the Â鶹ÉçÇøP Percussion Ensemble, , and as part of the at Methodist University. When he isn't reading, writing, or researching, Joshua likes to play guitar and hang out with his wife, two sons, and their crazy dog at home in Fayetteville, NC.