University Writing Program

Postdoctoral Associate

Education

• PhD, Composition Studies, University of Memphis, 2021
• MA, TESOL, Southeast Missouri State University, 2003
• BA, Creative Writing, Southern Illinois University, 1997

Courses Taught

• ENC 1101: Expos and Argumentative Writing
• ENC 3246: Professional Communication for Engineers
• ENC 3252: Writing for Strategic Communication
• ENC 3254: Writing in Sustainability

Pedagogical  and Research Interests

Writing Center pedagogy, history, theory, and practice, Composition pedagogy, history, theory, and practice,  Rhetorical Theory, Writing About Writing, Writing in the Disciplines, assessment, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)

Publications

Journal Articles

• 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. 23 (2013): 9-12. Print.

• CCHS English Composition Online Course Workbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. Print.

• “in mandolin clover.” Moon Reader. 3.1 (Fall 2001): 16. Print.
• “[i].” River King Poetry Supplement. VI.III (Autumn/Winter 2000): 6. Print.
• “elegy.” River King Poetry Supplement. V.I. (Spring 1999): 7. Print.
• “waiting.” River King Poetry Supplement. IV.III: (Autumn/Winter 1998): 6. Print.

• Don Moore. “Curating Centerpieces for a WAC Program.” International Writing Across the Curriculum. 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 and Alex Bulson. “Connecting Students and Faculty with Composition Theory: A Writing About Writing Study.” 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 (Mentor) and Adelaide McDermott. “Effects of Pornography Addiction: A Poster Presentation.” SUNY SURC Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Buffalo, NY, April 2024.
• Don Moore (Mentor) and 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.
• 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.