Joshua Bennett is an award winning performance poet from Yonkers, NY. He was a featured poet on the HBO series Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices. He has recited his original works at events and venues such as The Sundance Film Festival, The NAACP Image Awards, The Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Poetry Africa and President Obama's Evening of Poetry and Music at the White House. He has also performed on BBC Radio Oxford, alongside former U.S. Poet Laureates Billy Collins and Rita Dove, at the Du Bois Institute Panel as a guest of Henry Louis Gates, and opened for Dr. Cornel West. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Joshua graduated with the distinctions of Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, after double majoring in English and Africana Studies. In addition to receiving a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Joshua was also awarded a Marshall Scholarship to earn a Masters of Arts in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Warwick in the U.K. He is currently pursuing a PhD in English from Princeton University. In addition to academic success Joshua has been featured in ad campaigns, such as Reebok Classics WeRClassic magazine launch, Black Atlas and Ralph Lauren's Rugby brand. Joshua thanks God for his gift, and is grateful for the opportunity to inspire others. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.