Contact Information
702 S Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Biography
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.
Research Interests
Rhetoric and Public Discourse
Education
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Baylor University (2017)
Mount Aloysius College (2014)
Awards and Honors
Wayne Brockriede Graduate Fellow in Communication, The University of Illinois
"Most Impactful Educator," Baylor University
D.M. Edwards Research Fellow, The Texas Collection at Baylor University
Top Paper, National Communication Association, Theater, Film, and New Multi-Media Division, 2016
Top Paper, Southern States Communication Association Conference, Popular Communication Division, 2017
Top Student Paper, Southern States Communication Association Conference, Rhetoric and Public Address Division, 2017
Mount Aloysius College History and Political Science Dept., Student of the Year (2014)
Mercy Presidential Scholar of the Year, Mount Aloysius College
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois
Courses Taught
CMN 111/112
CMN 275
CMN 377