He received his B.A. (1996) and his M.A. (1998) in film and literary studies from Tel Aviv University, and his Ph.D. (2001) in cinema studies from NYU. Yosef has an extensive teaching experience both in Israel and abroad. In addition to teaching courses at Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Sapir Academic College, he also taught film courses at NYU (2001), and was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (2002 and 2006), Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Stockholm, Sweden (2009), and Columbia University (2012 and 2014).