Research Communications Coordinator
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
jMoist2@illinois.edu
Session: Beyond the Abstract: Research and Content Strategies that Resonate
Time: April 9, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
John Moist is a communicator with more than 15 years of cross-sector experience translating complex ideas into compelling messages across writing, speech, and digital media. He has worked at small liberal arts colleges and large research universities, on political campaigns and nonprofit initiatives, and also teaches and consults independently. His work spans feature writing, speaking and interviewing, literary criticism, and textual analysis, and his research explores economic rhetoric, language theory, and the history of universal basic income and work. He earned his PhD in communication from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2022 and won the James Madison Prize from SSCA in 2025. Currently, John works as a research communications lead at Gies College of Business, shaping strategy, elevating faculty expertise, and positioning Gies as an international voice in business scholarship and education.