About Joel

Joel Edward Goza is a Professor of Ethics at the HBCU Simmons College of Kentucky.

Additionally, Joel has taught extensively in Kentucky prisons and actively engages reparations organizations and initiatives across the nation.

Joel is the author of two books: America’s Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics and Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America. His current project is tentatively entitled from From Dust to Dust: Meditations on Living, Striving, and Surviving.

Joel publishes in numerous national outlets including LA Times, The Hill, Religion News Service, The Los Angeles Review of Books and Salon. Click here to follow his substack.

Before focusing on writing and teaching, Joel worked in urban redevelopment and community activism for over a decade. Joel is a graduate of Wheaton College and received his Master’s of Divinity from Duke University and a Masters in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Policy at the University of Texas. When not working, Joel spends his time pestering his family.