kristen r.

moore, phd |

assistant professor of tech comm & rhetoric

k.moore@ttu.edu
www.kristenmoore.org
314.809.8896

education

PhD in English, Composition and Rhetoric, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Secondary areas: Public Rhetoric, Professional Writing, Digital Rhetoric
Dissertation: Rhetoric, Interrupted: Engagement Practices and Public Policy
Committee: Patricia Sullivan, Chair; Jennifer Bay, Samantha Blackmon, Michael Salvo, and
W. Michele Simmons (Miami University of Ohio)
MA, Composition and Rhetoric (August 2007) Miami University, Oxford, OH
Thesis: Multimodality and Multiliteracies: Remapping the Graduate Experience
Committee: Michele Simmons, Chair; Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, Heidi McKee
B.A. English Literature and Music Performance (May 2004) Blackburn College Carlinville,
IL
Summa cum Laude

academic appointments
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (2012-present)
Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric (2012-present)
Fellow, Cross-Cultural Academic Achievement Center (2014-present)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2007-2012)
Assistant Director of Rhetoric and Composition (2010-2012)
Graduate Instructor (2007-2012)

publications and forthcoming work

Peer Reviewed Articles
Moore, K., & Elliott, T. (Forthcoming 2016) From Participatory Design to a Listening
Infrastructure: A Case of Urban Planning and Participation. 29 pp. Journal of Business
and Technical Communication.
Simmons, W. M, Moore, K. & Sullivan, P. (Forthcoming Fall 2015) Women in Tech Comm
Mentoring Initiatives: A Status Report. With Michele Simmons and Patricia Sullivan.
Programmatic Perspectives.
Sullivan, P., & Moore, K. (2013) TimeTalk: Mentoring Undergraduate Women On the
Power of Small Changes. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 43.3 (2013).
333-354.
**Winner of NCTE Award for Best Article in Theory or Technical Communication, NCTE
2015.**

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Moore, K. (2013) Exposing the Hidden Relations: Storytelling, Pedagogy, and the
Writing of Policy. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 43:1 (2013).
Moore, K. & Pflugfelder, E. Bored and Lost in Virtual Worlds. Learning, Media and
Technology. 35.2 (2010). 249-253.

Book Chapters
Simmons, W. M., Moore, K., & Sullivan, P. (2015) Tracing the Uncertainties:
Methodologies of a Door Closer. With W. Michele Simmons and Patricia Sullivan. Latour
and Rhetoric (Working Title). Ed. by Nathaniel Rivers and Paul Lynch. Carbondale: SIU
Press.
Adsanthanon, C., Alexander, P., Dubisar, A., Fedescko, W. Landrum, D., LewieckiWilson, C., McKee, H., Moore, K., Polak, M., Patterson, G., & Going Multimodal:
Programmatic, Curricular, and Classroom Change. With in Multimodal Literacies and
Emerging Genres in Student Compositions. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2013.
Under Review or Invited Revision
Moore, K. Dialogic and Inclusive Public Engagement Practices: A Study of Professional
Public Engagement in Transportation Planning. 33 pp. Status: Under review at RPCG
Moore, K. Public Engagement in Environmental Impact Studies: A Case Study of
Professional Communication in Transportation Planning. 28 pp. Status: Under Review at
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
Moore, K. Black Feminist Epistemology as a Framework Community-based Teaching.
Prepared for Integrating Theoretical Frameworks for Teaching Technical
Communication (working title). Ed. by Haas, A. & Eble, M. 34 pp. Status: Proposal
Accepted, Chapter Manuscript accepted, Book Proposal Under Review with University of
Chicago Press.
Jones, N., Moore, K., & Walton, R. W. Diversity, Social Justice and Inclusivity: An
Antenarrative of Technical Communication. 37 pp. Status: Under Review at Technical
Communication Quarterly.
Moore, K. Experience Architecture & Place-based Methodology: Localized Knowledges,
Communities, and Impacts. 31 pp. Status: Chapter Manuscript Under Review with
Editors
In-Progress Articles
Moore, K., & Pinkert, L. Writing Program Administration as Technical Communication.
With Laurie Pinkert. Status: In-Progress.
Moore, K. Interruptive Rhetorics: Making Change to Government-Mandated Public
Engagement Processes. Status: Under Revision.

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Pflugfelder, E. & Moore, K. Dancing and Flirting: Heuristics for a Web (2.0) Rhetoric.
Under Review with Computers and Composition. Status: Under Invited Revision for
Computers & Composition
Moore, K. A New Materialist Methodology: Feminist Stories and a Flexible Social
Science. Status: Under Revision.
Moore, K. Recognizing Risk, Recognizing Risk: Figuring Race into Technical
Communication. Status: In Progress.
In Progress Edited Collection
Posthuman Praxis in Technical Communication. Edited with Daniel Richards. Status: CFP
Circulated, Chapter proposals accepted, Book Proposal In-Progress.

International, national and regional conferences

Women in Technical Communication: On Mentoring Networks & the Need for Change.
Keynote Address, SIGDoc 2015, Limerick, Ireland.
Enacting Social Justice, Finding Value in Technical Communication. ATTW 2014. Tampa,
FL.
Engaging Publics through Interactive Visuals. CCCC 2015. Tampa, FL.
Women in Tech Comm Mentoring Roundtable. CPTSC 2014. Colorado Springs, CO.
Tracing Methodologies. Latour and Rhetoric Roundtable. RSA. San Antonio, TX.
Data Collection as Storycrafting: A Cautionary Tale of Urban Planning. ATTW 2014.
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Small Stories of Othermothers: Permeating Boundaries through Storywork. Feminisms
and Rhetoric. Stanford, CA. Forthcoming, September 2013.
Diverse Publics, Diverse Tech Comm. Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific
Communication. Cincinnati, OH. Forthcoming, October 2013.
Public Policy Workshop. With Robert Asen. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute.
Lawrence, KS. July 2013.
Gendered Bodies and Discourses of the Feminized Academy. Feminisms and Rhetoric.
Mankato, MN. October 2011.
Dancing and Flirting: Heuristics for a Web (2.0) Rhetoric. Mini-workshop with Ehren
Pflugfelder. Computers and Writing. Ann Arbor, MI. May 2011.
Mentoring Women Graduate Students. Workshop presentation with Patricia Sullivan and
Jenny Bay. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April
2010.
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Teaching Students How to Effectively Use Facebook and YouTube to Prepare for Business
Writing. Workshop with Alex Layne. C&W. West Lafayette, IN. May 2010.
Classroom Crossovers: Principles of Design and Usability in FYC. Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. March 2010.
Technologies of Birth Control: Online, Inside, and at Work. Feminisms and Rhetoric. East
Lansing, MI. October 2009.
Sustainable and Usable @ School and in Writing Centers: Customized Online Tutoring
Systems. Computers and Writing. Sacramento, CA. June 2009.
Multiple Roles of Graduate Tutors. Roundtable. ECWCA. West Lafayette, IN. May 2009.
Talking bout my Lacrimation: Crying as Public Rhetoric. Miami University Graduate
Student Symposium. Oxford, OH, March 2009.
Institutional and Programmatic Changes for a Digital Age. Conference on College
Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 2008.
Multimodality and the Graduate Experience. Computers and Writing. Detroit, MI, May,
2007.
Multimodality and Multiliteracies: Remapping the Graduate Experience. Qualitative
Research Network Roundtable. Conference on College Composition and Communication.
New York, New York. March 2007.
Music, Movement, and Performance: Integrating Activity into the Composition
Classroom. Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, October 2006.

grants and awards

Awards and Scholarships
Diana Award, for Women in Technical Communication, SIGDoC, 2015.
NCTE Award for Best Article in Technical Communication, NCTE 2015.
Institute for Inclusive Excellence
Lauer Prospectus Award, Finalist. Rhetoric and Composition Department, Purdue
University, 2011.
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Departmental Finalist. Purdue University, 2011.
Purdue University Nomination for ECWCA Leader of the Year. Purdue Writing Lab, 2010.
Quintilian Award for Excellence in Teaching, Purdue University, 2008.
Grants (Won)
Crouse Scholarship in Professional Writing, Emerging Scholar. Purdue University, 20102011.
Purdue Research Foundation Grant for dissertation research. Purdue University,
Summer 2011.
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Purdue Research Foundation Grant for dissertation research. Purdue University,

Summer 2010.
Muriel Harris Tutor Development Travel Grant, Purdue University, 2009.
Deans Teaching Incentive Grant, with Mark Pepper. Purdue University, 2008.
Summer Research Grant, with Dr. Patricia Kowal, Blackburn College, 2003.
Grants (Applied)
Dual College Curricula in Technical Communication. Submitted to the Division for Institutional
Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement. Kristen Moore, PI.

Promoting Diversity through Critical Reading Groups: LSJE Readings on Diversity Series. Kristen
Moore, Matt Hooley and Sara Spurgeon. Submitted to the Division for Institutional Diversity, Equit
and Community Engagement.
3+2 Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. Kristen Moore, PI. Submitted to the
Council on Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication.
Building an Origin Story for Inclusive Tech Comm. Natasha Jones and Kristen Moore, Co-PIs.
Submitted to the Council on Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication.

Building Womens Mentoring Networks for Sustainable Program Building in Technical

Communication. Michele Simmons, Liza Potts, (Co-PIs); Michelle Eble, Natasha Jones, Kristen
Moore, Lisa Meloncon, & Patricia Sullivan (Researchers). Submitted to the Council on Programs in
Technical and Scientific Communication.
CAHSS Faculty Development Grant. Kristen Moore, PI.

teaching experience
Graduate Courses in Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Field Methods, English 5389, Texas Tech University
Contemporary Rhetoric(s), English 5364, Texas Tech University
Foundations of Technical Communication, English 5371, Texas Tech University [x3]
Rhetorics of the Public Sphere, English 5380, Texas Tech University
Undergraduate Courses in the Professional Writing Major
Introduction to Professional Writing Theory, English 306, Purdue University
Research Methods in Professional Writing, English 203, Purdue University
Undergraduate Courses in Professional Writing for Non-Majors
Professional Report Writing, English 3365, Texas Tech University [x5]
Technical Writing, English 421, Purdue University
Business Writing for International Students, English 420i, Purdue University
Business Writing, English 420, Purdue University [x2]
First Year Composition Courses
Introductory Composition, English 106, Purdue University [x3]
Introductory Composition in Learning Communities, English 106, Purdue University
College Composition, English 111 (traditional & laptop classroom), Miami University of
Ohio [x2]
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Composition & Literature, English 112 (traditional &laptop classroom), Miami

University of Ohio [x2]
Other Teaching and Tutoring
Tutor Practicum in Business and Professional Writing, English 390B, Purdue University
Teaching Assistant, Liberal Arts Speaker Series, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue
University
Tutor Practicum, Communications 261, Blackburn College
Basic Writing Tutorial, Communications 100 (2001-2004), Blackburn College
Graduate Consultant, Purdue Writing Lab (Fall 2008-Present)
Business Writing Consultant Mentor, Purdue Writing Lab (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)
Undergraduate Peer Tutor, Blackburn College, (2001-2004)

assessment and survey development

Masters in Technical Communication Portfolio Assessment, Texas Tech University (20122013)
Mechanical Engineering Assessment, Purdue University (2011-2012)
Evaluation Committee, Purdue Writing Lab (2012-2012)
Tutorial Length Survey, Purdue Writing Lab (2010-2011)
Introductory Composition Technology Assessment, Purdue University (2007-2008)
Introductory Writing Committee, Assessment Subcommittee, Purdue University (20082009)
Portfolio Reader, Miami University (2006)
Literature Capstone Assessment, Miami University (2006)
First-year Writing Assessment, Miami University (2005-2007)

curricular and programmatic work

Graduate Curriculum in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University
Professional Writing Teaching Practicum, Purdue University
First Year Composition Teachers Guide Editorial Board, Miami University of Ohio
Digital Writing Collaborative, Miami University of Ohio
First-Year Composition Committee, Student Representative, Blackburn College, 2003-2004

administrative work
Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Program, Purdue University, Assistant Director, 20102012
Purdue Writing Lab, WAC and Workshop Coordinator, 2009-2010
Purdue Writing Lab, Assistant Director, Summer 2009

national, university and departmental service

National Committee Work
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Diversity Committee
2013-Present
ATTW, Women in Tech Comm Luncheon, Organizer 2012-Present
Computers and Writing 2010, Planning Committee, Purdue University 2009-2010.
ECWCA, Technology Committee, Purdue University May 2009.
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Disciplinary Reviews
Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Reviewer (2014-Present)
Peitho, Reviewer (2014-Present)
Writing Commons, Reviewer (2014-Present)
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Stage 1 Reviewer (2012-Present)
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Proposal Coach (2014)
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Proposal Reviewer (2012 -2015)
University Service
Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center Faculty Advisor, Spring 2015-Present
Difficult Dialogues Presenter, Fall 2014
Open Teaching Concept Participant, Fall 2014
Self-revision Presentation. Graduate School Dissertation Workshop Series. Fall 2014
MentorTech, Mentor. 2014-2015
Departmental Service
Technology Committee, Texas Tech University (2013-2015)
Admissions Committee, Texas Tech University (2012-2014)
Masters Portfolio Committee, Texas Tech University
Graduate Students of English Association (GradSEA), President, Purdue University (20092010)
Library Committee, Graduate Representative, Miami University, 2006-2007

graduate student committee work

Doctoral Students, Committee Chair
Maryn Belling, Chair, Pre-quals
Ian Weaver, Co-chair, Pre-quals
Doctoral Students, Committee Member
Timothy Elliott, Member, ABD
Angela Schafer, Member, Pre-quals
Sam Howard, Member, ABD
Charity Tran, Member, Pre-quals
Hilary Graham, Member, Pre-quals
Joy Cooney, Member, Pre-quals
Nancy Small, Member, Graduated (December 2014)
Masters Students
Luke Morgan, Member, Graduated (May 2015)
Heather Thomas, Member, Graduated (May 2014)

invited workshops and presentations

Graduate-level Guest Lectures
Paragraphing for Engineering, Texas Tech University, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Spring 2015
Womanism, Black Feminism and Feminism, Purdue University, Fall 2012
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Layered Methodologies, Purdue University, Fall 2012

Dealing with Data: Coding and Discourse Analysis, Purdue University, Fall 2011
Usability and the History of Professional Writing, Purdue University, Spring 2011
Digital Workshops and Presentations
Designing Effective Powerpoints (Departmental)
Rhetoric of the Web and Web Design (Departmental)
Visual Rhetoric (Departmental)
Image Editing Software (Departmental)
Blogging and Social Networking (Departmental)
Writing Workshops and Presentations
Developing an Effective Thesis (Departmental)
Evaluating Online Sources (Departmental)
Grant-writing Workshop (Interdepartmental)
E-mail Etiquette (Faculty and Staff training)
Academic Research (Departmental)
Paragraphing and the Paramedic Method (Interdepartmental)
Thesis and Dissertation Writing (Interdepartmental)
Grammar and Mechanics (Interdepartmental)
professional affiliations
Association of Computer Machinery
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
International Association of Public Participation
Modern Language Association
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
Rhetoric Society of America
National Council of Teachers of English
references
Patricia A. Sullivan, Professor of English
Director of Rhetoric and Composition Program, Purdue University
Department of English
sullivanatpurdue@gmail.com
Michael Salvo, Associate Professor of English
Director of Professional Writing Program, Purdue University
Department of English
salvo@purdue.edu
Rebecca Rickly, Professor of English
Department of English, Texas Tech University
rebecca.rickly@ttu.edu

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W. Michele Simmons, Associate Professor of English

Department of English, Miami University
simmonwm@muohio.edu

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