Joe Norris is the Director of the School of Education at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He has been a faculty member at Washington State University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Lethbridge. He has taught courses in drama methods, theatre in education, drama as a way of knowing, curriculum theory, qualitative research, and arts-based approaches to educational research. He has served as the Theatre-in-Education Network Chair and Research Network Chair for the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and was the artistic director and a founding member of Mirror Theatre, a social issues focused touring theatre troupe.