He received a BA in Landscape Architecture from the University of California Berkeley and a MLA from the University of Virginia. As a practicing landscape architect, he has worked on notable projects including the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, CA, Pac Bell Park (AT&T Park) in San Francisco, CA and the River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, MI. In 2003, he received the Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture from the American Academy in Rome. Joseph has taught at Cal Poly since 2002 in the areas of design, sustainable construction methods, capstone projects and has been connected with the Sustainable Environments Minor since 2005.