Joshua Foust

Joshua Foust is a tenure-track assistant professor teaching classes in public relations practice and theory. Foust arrived at Syracuse from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he has taught social media strategy and public relations practice since 2020. He was also the communications and marketing director from 2019-22 for the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, a health advocacy nonprofit, and served as the insights and content lead for the Karrikins Group, a Denver-based executive consulting agency.  

Foust’s research focuses on the use of video games for strategic communication in the U.S. military, with an emphasis on public sphere theory and gender theory. He has published articles about gender and military gaming in the Journal of Communication; gender-based work practices in the games industry in Media, Culture & Society; public sphere theory in the Journal of Communication Inquiry; and executive communication practices in Public Relations Inquiry. 

His research into video games and strategic communication has been supported by a University of Colorado Boulder Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, as well as a College of Media, Communication and Information research grant.  

A member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Foust won a top paper award at the 2023  AEJMC conference. He is also a member of the International Communication Association and the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. 

Foust earned a Ph.D. in 2024 at the University of Colorado Boulder, an M.A. in 2019 at Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in 2006 at the University of Colorado Boulder.