Bryan Moore

Assistant Professor of English & Theatre Art

English, Communication and Theatre Art Department

Profile

Bryan Moore joined Concordia’s faculty in 2007, teaching courses in communication, theatre, and Global Issues.  He also serves as the Director of Forensics for the speech and debate team.

Moore worked in professional and academic theatre settings for over 10 years, including in new play and production dramaturgy, technical theatre, and other positions.

He has also been involved in collegiate forensics for over eight years.  During his MFA graduate studies, he coordinated and directed The University of Iowa Theatre Dept.’s social and cultural outreach group, Darwin Turner Action Theatre, presenting over 50 workshops and performances for all ages throughout the state of Iowa.

Moore is currently involved with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and the National Christian College Forensics Association (NCCFA).  He currently serves as a District II Representative for NCCFA and as a Member-at-Large for ATHE’s Dramaturgy Focus Group.

Education

B.A. in theatre, Cornell College (1998)
M.A. in theatre, University of Northern Iowa (2000)
Certificate in post-secondary teaching (communication), Bethel University (2006)
M.F.A in dramaturgy (theatre), The University of Iowa (2007)

Courses Taught

At Concordia:  Oral and Written Communication; Global Issues; Communication Research; Methods of Speech and Drama; Persuasion, Argument and Debate; Oral Interpretation

Elsewhere:  Playscript Analysis; Theatre for Social Outreach; Basic Communication; Speech Communication

Other

Moore has presented at the ATHE national conference since 2006, when he was selected as a debut panelist for the Dramaturgy Focus Group. In 2007, he participated in a collaborative workshop performance exploring New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina. His 2008 panel focuesses on effective post-show dialogue between the production and the audience.

His academic and research interests include: social/cultural identity and awareness; verbal and nonverbal storytelling in drama; and dialect/slang in the dialogue of multicultural literature.