John Moist

John Moist

Research Communications Coordinator

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1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

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Positions Held

  • Digital Media Specialist, University of Illinois Graduate College, 2022-2024
  • Social Media Coordinator, Communication, University of Illinois, 2019-2022
  • Instructor, Communication, University of Illinois, 2017-2022
  • Research/Teaching Assistant, Communication, University of Illinois, 2017-2022
  • Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core, Baylor University Honors College, 2015-2017
  • Americorps VISTA for Early College Access and Community Engagement, University of Maine Presque Isle, 2014-2015
  • Producer, Host, WUPI Radio, University of Maine Presque Isle, 2014-2015
  • Communications Associate, Mount Aloysius College, 2011-2014

Recent Publications

  • Moist, J. Forthcoming. Topoi at Work: Universal Basic Income and the Rhetoric of Getting Paid. Place in the Liberal Arts: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Text and Topos Routledge.
  • Fowler, R., & Moist, J. (2025). Polysyndeton, Social Media, and the Contested Meanings of January 6, 2021. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 38 (1), 61-80.  link >

Other Publications

Articles

  • Moist, J. (2022). Making Sense of Online Space: How Rentierism Explains Big Tech. The Pacific Journal.

Book Reviews

  • Moist, J. (2021). The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States. ( 4 ed vol. 24, pp. 733-736). Rhetoric and Public Affairs.

Presentations

  • Moist, J. (2025). Personal Branding and Social Media for Academics. ASPIRE Illinois.
  • Moist, J. (2025). Level Up Your Interviews. University of Illinois Web Con.
  • Moist, J. (2024). Personal Branding and Social Media for Academics. ASPIRE Illinois.
  • Moist, J. (2023). John Maynard Keynes' “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren” and the Mythos of Progressive Economics. Association for Core Texts and Courses.
  • Moist, J. (2021). Saving, Spending, and Surviving: Economic Rhetoric in the Promotion of Health Savings Accounts to those with Disabilities. National Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2020). Noise Abatement and Noise Complaints: Hearing Disruption. Rhetoric Society of America, 19th Biannual Conference.
  • Moist, J. (2019). National Communication Association Convention. Building Wealth, Figuring Capacity: The PA ABLE Act and Rhetorics of Disability Policy.
  • Moist, J. (2019). Platforms of (Dis)Content: Scale and Modeling in the Platform Age. National Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2018). App-Based Drivers, Organization, and the Politics of Labor Communication in a Changing Economy. Union for Democratic Communication Conference.
  • Moist, J. (2018). Shaping a Transition: Barack Obama, the 2008 Financial Crisis, and the Rhetorical President-Elect. National Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2018). The New Publishing: VaynerMedia, Mergers, and the Rise of Digital Platforms. Union for Democratic Communication Conference.
  • Moist, J. (2017). A Thankless Compromise: YouTube, Uber, Gary Vaynerchuk, and the Language of Hustle. Southern States Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2017). An Awesome Responsibility to Withstand Her Barrage: William F. Buckley JR. and the Role of the University in Civil Society. Southern States Communication Association.
  • Moist, J. (2017). Reductio Ad Absurdum: Paul Graham and the Search for the Economic Agent. National Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2016). Different in Every Way: Rhetorical Constructions of Mediated Difference in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. National Communication Association Convention.
  • Moist, J. (2016). National Communication Association Convention. A People Set Apart: Misgendering and Rhetorical Violence.
  • Moist, J. (2015). Truth be Told: The Irrelevance of Fact in Modern Political Discourse. Southern Political Science Association Convention.

Honors and Awards

  • James Madison Prize, Southern States Communication Association, 2025
  • Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, University of Illinois Department of Communication, 2022

Teaching Interests

Public speaking and communication; rhetorical theory; debate and argumentation; communication at work and in organizations; professional and public writing; research communication; interviewing; digital media.

Research Interests

Economic rhetoric; rhetoric of work and labor; universal basic income; communication in digital and platform economies; institutional and innovation communication; public-facing research translation.

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30 Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

moist2@illinois.edu

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