
Contact Information
702 S Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Research Areas
Research Areas
Biography
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
Education
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D., Summer 2022)
Baylor University (M.A., 2017)
Mount Aloysius College (B.A., 2014)
Awards and Honors
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois
Wayne Brockriede Graduate Fellow in Communication, The University of Illinois
"Most Impactful Educator," Baylor University
"Best Evil Laugh," Students of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
Graduate Fellow in Interdisciplinary Rhetorical Studies, Baylor University
D.M. Edwards Research Fellow, The Texas Collection and Archive
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
Mercy Presidential Scholar of the Year, Mount Aloysius College
Courses Taught
CMN 111/112 - Oral and Written Communication
CMN 210 - Public Communication
CMN 275 - The Political Economy of Communication
CMN 304 - Social Media Communication Internship
CMN 375 - Popular Media and Culture (World-Building in Cinema and Television)
CMN 377 - Propaganda and Modern Society