John Moist

John Moist is from Altoona, Pennsylvania and graduated a Mercy Presidential Scholar with Honors from Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He has worked at The University of Maine at Presque Isle, as an Americorps VISTA, on radio, and on the stage. He earned his M.A. in Communication and Rhetoric at Baylor University, taught rhetoric, argumentation, and public speaking in the Baylor Honors College, and was an Editorial Intern for Rhetoric and Public Affairs. His research at Illinois focuses on rhetoric, public communication, economic policy, and the history of work. His dissertation is a rhetorical history of arguments for a universal basic income from 1918 to the present. He enjoys movies, gadgets, tinkering with audio equipment, large amplifiers, and carbonation. In his spare time he loses games of Commander and plays drums, guitar, and bass. 

Spring 2022: CMN 375 and CMN 112