Before joining the faculty at RIT, he taught at Western Kentucky University and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico. Previously Josh was a staff photojournalist at The Roanoke Times and Duluth News-Tribune. His work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association, which awarded him the small-market national photojournalist of the year in 2006, Pictures of the Year International and Photophilanthropy, which awarded him the 2010 Grand Prize Professional Winner. His work is at www.joshmeltzer.com