Biography

Julie Moore directs the university’s Writing Center and teaches composition (ENG 1400) as well as Writing Center Theory & Training (ENG 3550). In 2008, she received the Dean’s Service award for her work in the writing center. Prof. Moore is also the author of Slipping Out of Bloom, a collection of poems published by WordTech Editions in 2010, and Election Day, a chapbook of poems published by Finishing Line Press in 2006. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Prof. Moore has received the Rosine Offen Memorial Award from the Free Lunch Arts Alliance in Illinois, the Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship from the Antioch Writers’ Workshop, and the Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize from RUMINATE: Faith in Literature and Art. Moore’s poetry has appeared widely in such esteemed publications as Alaska Quarterly Review, American Poetry Journal, Atlanta Review, CALYX, The Christian Century, Christianity and Literature, The Christian Science Monitor, Cimarron Review, The Missouri Review Online, The Southern Review, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Her website is www.julielmoore.com.

Interests

• Writing poetry
• Participating in local poetry groups
• Reading all genres of contemporary literature
• Enjoying contemporary cinema and theatre
• Walking her black Lab Maggie
• Jumping up and down madly with her kids to select musical artists

Education

• The Ohio Writing Project, Miami University, 1993
• M.A., University of Dayton, 1989
• B.A. Cedarville College, 1987