Joseph P. McCallus has conducted academic research in the Philippines since 1986. He is the author of American Exiles in the Philippines, 1941–1996: A Collected Oral Narrative, a study of the American expatriate community, and he edited and annotated Gentleman Soldier: John Clifford Brown and the Philippine-American War. He has published journal articles dedicated to Philippine studies, particularly the propaganda of both the Philippine communist and anticommunist movements. He is a professor of English at Columbus State University in Georgia.