Joshua Andrew Dolezal (/ˈdoʊləʒɑːl/; also spelled Doležal; born September 1975) is an American academic and writer.
He was a full professor of English studies at Central College, focusing on American literature, creative nonfiction, medical humanities, sustainability and social justice issues.
[3] Dolezal is the author of a number of essays, poems, and academic papers e.g. on literary and social justice activism.
He is also the author of a 2014 memoir, Down from the Mountaintop: From Belief to Belonging, which details his upbringing in "a strict, cult-like Christian family" and which received widespread attention in connection with the 2015 controversy surrounding his sister, Rachel Dolezal.
[1] The book was described by Kim Barnes as an "intimate and lyrical story of fallen faith, found love, and the way we must sometimes circle back to find what we have lost.