John Moist is from Altoona, Pennsylvania and graduated a Mercy Presidential Scholar with Honors from Mount Aloysius College with a degree in English. He has worked at The University of Maine at Presque Isle, on radio, and on the stage. He was a graduate student in the Department of Communication at Baylor, taught in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, and was an Editorial Intern for Rhetoric and Public Affairs. His research and writing at Illinois focuses on rhetoric, economics, and questions of work, labor, and value. He enjoys film, gadgets, carbonation, audio, and playing Destiny.