DONALD R. MOORE
11049 SE 49th Ave
Starke, FL 32091
812-480-5283
domore.drm@gmail.com
EDUCATION
The University of Memphis 2011—2021; Ph.D.; Composition Studies.
Dissertation Title: “Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: A Framework for
Writing Center Analyses.”
Southeast Missouri State University 1999—2003; M.A.; TESOL.
Thesis: “Code Switching and Diglossia for Cognitive Transfer in
University ESL Classrooms.”
Southern Illinois University; 1994—1997; B.A.; English.
Southwestern Illinois College; 1991—1994; A.A.; Core Curriculum.
PRESENT POSITION
Post-Doctoral Fellow; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS Full-time
2023-2024; Lecturer, Writing and Communications Center Coordinator,
Writing Program Director; SUNY Polytechnic; Utica, NY.
2022-2023; Instructor; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; English
Department; Edwardsville, IL.
2020-2022; Writing Program Instructor; University of North Florida;
English Department; Jacksonville, FL.
2019-2020; Instructor of Composition; Lamar University; English
Department; Lamar, TX.
2016-2019; Instructor of Composition; University of South Alabama;
English Department; Mobile, AL.
2016; English Lecturer; Pensacola State College; Department of English
and Communication; Pensacola, FL.
2009—2010; ESL Instructor; Arkansas State University; Jonesboro, AR.
2007—2009; Instructor of Composition; University of Southern Indiana;
Evansville, IN.
2000—2001; Resource Services Teaching Assistant; Marquette High
School; Chesterfield, MO.
Part-time
2014—2015; Center for Writing and Communication Graduate Assistant
Director; Doctoral Candidate in Composition Studies; University of
Memphis; Memphis, TN.
2011—2014; Graduate Teaching Assistant; Doctoral Candidate in
Composition Studies; University of Memphis; Memphis, TN.
2010—2012; Instructor of Composition and Humanities; Mid-South
Community College; West Memphis, AR.
2010—2011; Instructor of Composition and Humanities; East Arkansas
Community College; Forrest City, AR.
2005—2007; English Department Adjunct Faculty; University of Southern
Indiana; Evansville, IN.
2005—2007; English Department Adjunct Faculty; Writing Center
Advisor; Ivy Tech Community College; Evansville, IN.
2004—2005; English Department Adjunct Faculty; Writing Center
Consultant; Shawnee Community College; Ullin, IL.
2004—2004; English Department Adjunct Faculty; Three Rivers
Community College; Poplar Bluff, MO.
2003—2005; English Department Adjunct Faculty; Southeast Missouri
State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
2003; English Instructor; NOVA Corporation of Japan; Takamatsu, Japan.
2001—2002; Intensive English Department Adjunct Faculty; Southeast
Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
1998—2000; Director of Activities–Kid’s Network; YMCA of Greater St.
Louis- South County Branch; St. Louis, MO.
1998—1998; Assistant Director of Activities–Kid’s Network; YMCA of
Greater St. Louis-South County Branch; St. Louis, MO.
1997—1997; Writing Center Tutor; Southern Illinois University;
Carbondale, IL.
ADMINISTRATION
Writing Program Administration
SUNY Polytechnic
Writing Center Director
SUNY Polytechnic
University of Memphis (Graduate Assistant Director)
TEACHING
Writing Program Internship—TA Mentorship
University of Florida
Upper-level Composition—Technical Writing, Professional Writing,
Writing Center Consultant Practicum, Advanced Composition
University of Florida
SUNY Polytechnic
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
University of North Florida
Lamar University
University of South Alabama
First-Year Writing
University of North Florida
Lamar University
University of South Alabama
Pensacola State College
University of Memphis
Mid-South Community College
East Arkansas Community College
Ivy Tech Community College
Shawnee Community College
Southeast Missouri State University
Three Rivers Community College
Writing Consultant
University of Memphis
Ivy Tech Community College
Shawnee Community College
Southern Illinois University
Reading/Study Skills/College Prep/Alternative Ed.
Mid-South Community College
East Arkansas Community College
Shawnee Community College
Southeast Missouri State University
Literature/Creative Writing
Pensacola State College
Mid-South Community College
East Arkansas Community College
Shawnee Community College
ESL
Arkansas State University
Southeast Missouri State University
NOVA Corp of Japan
Teaching Grants
Dominic Micer, Donald Moore, Brianne DiBacco; Teaching
Enhancement Award; Center for Academic Creativity; $4,000; 2009.
SCHOLARSHIP
Book Chapters
Don Moore. “Writing About Writing, Embedded Writing
Consultants, and Laboratory Teaching: Centerpieces to Developing a
WID Program.” WAC Clearinghouse Perspectives on Writing Series: 2025
IWAC Conference Proceedings, edited by Caleb González, Annie
Halseth, and Ann Amicucci, WAC Clearinghouse, (Forthcoming, Fall
2026).
Journal Articles
Don Moore. “The CCCC’s Family Reunion.” CCCC 2025
Documentarian Reflections. WAC Clearinghouse, 2025, (Forthcoming,
2026).
Don Moore. “A CHAT Analysis: Narrating the Writing Center’s
Formative Period.” Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, vol. 21, no. 3.
2024, pp. 2-13.
“Dual Enrollment: Democratic Action and Participation in the
Composition Classroom.” Tennessee English Journal, vol. 23, 2013, pp.
9-12.
Workbook
CCHS English Composition Online Course Workbook. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Poems
“in mandolin clover.” Moon Reader, vol. 3, no. 1. 2001, p. 16.
“[i].” River King Poetry Supplement, vol. VI, no. III. 2000, p. 6.
“elegy.” River King Poetry Supplement, vol. V, no. I. 1999, p. 7.
“waiting.” River King Poetry Supplement, vol. IV, no. III. 1998, p. 6.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Don Moore. “Framing Instructional Agency: Undergraduate
Teaching Assistants’ Reflections on Teaching and Learning.” Council
of Writing Program Administrator’s 2026 Conference, Laramie, WY, July
23-25 (forthcoming).
Don Moore. “Fostering Meaningful Writing Projects Through a
Constructivist Framework,” Council of Writing Program Administrator’s
2026 Conference, Laramie, WY, July 23-25 (forthcoming).
Don Moore. “Reframing Writing Center Spaces: Employing
Rhetorical Strategies for Justice-Oriented Writing Center Work.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Cleveland, OH,
March 6, 2026.
Don Moore, Nubia Fernandez, and Kenza Iddir. “Developing
Meaningful Writing Projects Through WID, Laboratory, &
Constructivist Frameworks.” Conference on Pedagogy, Practice, and
Philosophy, Gainesville, FL, Feb 7, 2026.
Don Moore. “Cultivating Solidarity in Writing Center Spaces:
Reframing the Clinical Period to Develop Rhetorical Strategies for
Justice-Oriented Writing Center Work.” International Writing Centers
Association, Cincinnati, OH, October 16, 2025.
Don Moore. “Curating Centerpieces for a WAC Program: An
Exploration Toward Developing a WAC program.” International
Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Fort Collins, Colorado, July
2025.
Don Moore. “Writing About Writing, Embedded Writing
Consultants, and Laboratory Teaching: Centerpieces to Developing a
WID Program at SUNY Polytechnic.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Baltimore, MD, April 2025.
Don Moore. “Embedded Writing Consultants, WAW, and Laboratory
Teaching: Developing a WID Program at SUNY Poly.” International
Writing Centers. Association, Online, October 25, 2024.
Don Moore and Alex Bulson. “Connecting Students and Faculty with
Composition Theory: A Writing About Writing Study as a
Mechanism for Developing a WID Program.” Conference on Instruction
and Technology, Buffalo, NY, May 2024.
Don Moore. “Laboratory Teaching, 1884-2023, and the
Development of the Writing Center.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication. NCTE, Spokane, WA, April 2024.
Don Moore, Alex Bulson, and Eliot Szary. “Embedded Writing
Consultants: Our Initial Efforts in Developing WID Programs at
SUNY Poly.” 21st Peer Tutor Writing Center Conference at Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, April 2024.
Don Moore. “Laboratory Teaching and the Roots of the Writing
Center: The Formative Period and Developing the Writing and
Communications Center (WCC) at SUNY Poly.” International Writing
Centers Association, Baltimore, MD, October 2023.
Don Moore. “Laboratory Writing and the Roots of the Writing
Center.” International Writing Centers Association, Vancouver, BC,
October 2022.
Don Moore. “Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and the
Transformation of Writing Center Space.” Southeastern Writing Center
Association, February, Nova Southeastern University, February 2022.
Don Moore (Chair). “Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, Self-
Regulated Learning, and the Development of the Writing Center.”
South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Birmingham, AL,
November 2018.
Don Moore. “The Writing Center as a Self-Sustaining Apparatus:
Developing Consultant Efficacy, Student Efficacy, and the Center’s
Collective Efficacy.” South Central Writing Center Association. Lafayette,
LA, March 2016.
Don Moore. “An Investment in Totality: Reconstituting Graduate
Students’ Writing Consultant Space.” South Central Writing Center
Association, Austin, TX, February 2015.
Don Moore, Will Duffy, Brian Heslop, Bethany Webb, and Jennifer
Schnabel. “Building an Independent Multiliteracy Center: Contexts,
Strategies, and Partnerships.” Southeastern Writing Center Association,
Nashville, February 2015.
Don Moore, Amanda Muir, and Michelle Morgan. “Small Group
Instruction Workshop: Crafting Communities in Multiple Spaces.”
Southern Writing Centers Association—Alabama Symposium, Samford
University, January 2014.
Don Moore. “Who is the Subject Supposed to Know? Reflections on
Lacan’s Notion of Transference.” 21st Century Englishes, Bowling
Green, October 2013.
Don Moore. “Interrogating the Writing Center Activity System.”
South Central Writing Center Association, Corpus Christi, February
2012.
Don Moore. “Workshop: Creating an Activist Service-Learning
Community with Social Networking and Public Writing.” Conference
on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, March 2010.
Don Moore, Anne Statham, Leigh Anne Howard, Renee Flemming,
and Sylvia Rode. “Service Learning in General Education (Core)
Courses: A Range of Disciplines and Experiences.” Association for
General and Liberal Studies, St Louis, October 2009.
Don Moore. “In Search of Common Language: Strategies for
Creating Community Involvement in Writing Classrooms;”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco,
March 2009.
SERVICE
Mentoring (Publications)
Kenza Iddir. “The Body as Architecture: Reframing Spacesuit
Mobility Through Mechanical Counterpressure and Human-
Centered Design.” RhetTech, vol. 8 (forthcoming, spring 2026).
Mentoring (Conferences)
Katherine Anderson. “Cardiovascular Health, Neurodegenerative
Disorders, and Respiratory Diseases: Dental Care through School-
based Mobile Clinics.” 26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Gainesville, FL, April 7, 2026.
Candelaria Aramburu. “How Does AI Influence Problem- Solving in
Higher Education?” 26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Gainesville, FL, April 7, 2026.
Gabija Račkauskaitė. “Beyond the Brain: How Individualism and
Collectivism Shape Perceptions of Happiness and Rise of
Depression” 26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium,
Gainesville, FL, April 7, 2026.
Nubia Fernandez. “Understanding the Correlation between Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Family’s Quality of Life.”
26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, FL,
April 7, 2026.
Alexandra Raimondi. “The Accuracy and Limitations of Placenta-
on-a-Chip Systems in Modeling Maternal–Fetal Drug Transfer.” 26th
Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, FL,
April 7, 2026.
Riyah Lall. “Implementing Treatments for Negative Attachments
Styles Found within Children due to Unresolved Maternal Trauma.”
26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, FL,
April 7, 2026.
Anna Shumate. “Understanding the Potential for Artificial
Intelligence in Alleviating Overcrowding in Emergency
Departments.” 26th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium,
Gainesville, FL, April 7, 2026.
Gabija Račkauskaitė. “Beyond the Brain: How Individualism and
Collectivism Shape Perceptions of Happiness and Rise of
Depression” Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC),
Jacksonville, FL, March 7, 2026.
Nubia Fernandez. “Understanding the Correlation between Children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Family’s Quality of Life.”
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), Jacksonville, FL,
March 7, 2026.
Alexandra Raimondi. “The Accuracy and Limitations of Placenta-
on-a-Chip Systems in Modeling Maternal–Fetal Drug Transfer.”
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), Jacksonville, FL,
March 7, 2026.
Kenza Iddir. “Mechanical Counterpressure, Mobility, and Human-
Centered Performance in Extreme Environments: Reframing
Spacesuit Mobility.” Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC),
Jacksonville, FL, March 7, 2026.
Riyah Lall. “Implementing Treatments for Negative Attachments
Styles Found within Children due to Unresolved Maternal Trauma.”
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), Jacksonville, FL,
March 7, 2026.
Anna Shumate. “Understanding the Potential for Artificial
Intelligence in Alleviating Overcrowding in Emergency
Departments.” Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC),
Jacksonville, FL, March 7, 2026.
Aidan Stoyer. “An Examination of Green Growth: Showcasing
Failures and Limitations.” Honors Capstone Project, University of
Florida, spring, 2026.
Adelaide McDermott. “Effects of Pornography Addiction: A Poster
Presentation.” SUNY SURC Annual Undergraduate Research Conference,
Buffalo, NY, April 2024.
Maya Brown. “The Internet’s Effect on ASD Diagnoses Through the
Lens of Vygotsky’s CHAT.” SUNY SURC Annual Undergraduate
Research Conference, Buffalo, NY, April 2024.
University Service
Conference on Pedagogy, Practice, and Philosophy Committee Member,
University of Florida; 2025-26.
Faculty Senate; SUNY Polytechnic; 2024.
Writing Program Administrator; SUNY Polytechnic; 2023-2024.
Writing Assessment Coordinator; SUNY Polytechnic; 2023-2024.
Slam Poetry Judge; SUNY Polytechnic; 2024.
Tiger Treats RSO Advisor; University of Memphis; 2013-2016
Writing Initiative Coordinator; University of Memphis; 2012-2014.
University of Memphis English Graduate Organization Vice President;
2012-13.
Delta Writing Project Colloquium Coordinator; Arkansas State University;
2010.
Adjunct Faculty Handbook Revision Committee; University of Southern
Indiana; 2008-2009.
ESL Student Placement Coordinator, University of Southern Indiana;
2008.
Reader for ESL Student Writing Assessment Placement; University of
Southern Indiana; 2008.
Advisor; World Learning Foreign Exchange Student Program; University
of Southern Indiana; 2008-2009.
Carter Library Topics Page Revision Committee; University of Southern
Indiana; 2006.
Department Service
McGraw-Hill Symposium Attendee. Phoenix, AZ; February 2023.
Assessment Committee; University of South Alabama; 2016-2019.
Service Learning “Brown Bag” Presenter; University of South Alabama;
2016.
Tutoring ESL Students in Writing Conferences Workshop; University of
South Alabama; 2016.
Portfolio Assessment Table Leader; University of Memphis; 2013.
ESL Syllabus Revision Committee; Arkansas State University; 2010.
Fall Faculty Workshop Presenter; “Using the English Page: Effective
Strategies in Argument”; University of Southern Indiana; 2009.
ENG201 Revision Committee; University of Southern Indiana; 2008-
2009.
Rhetoric and Composition Committee; University of Southern Indiana;
2008-2009.
Fall Faculty Workshop Presenter; “Providing Effective ESL Instruction for
Introductory Composition Classrooms”; University of Southern Indiana;
2008.
Writing Assessment Placement Reader; University of Southern Indiana;
2008. Theatre Construction Crew Advisor; Marquette High School;
Chesterfield, MO.
Don Moore, PhD 