top of page

Moore is a documentary filmmaker, educator and journalist with narrative films rising. Through her work with established and emerging media she explores how media, power, community, conflict, justice, and aesthetic work to connect, inspire and inform. Moore's 25 years of freelance work includes directing, producing and writing for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History Channel, PBS, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and ABC

 

Moore is an associate professor of the practice of media arts and peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA. Her undergraduate and graduate courses include media for societal change, documentary and narrative film, audio production, social media, pop culture and mass communication, and arts-based peacebuilding and research. Moore recently collaborated with her undergraduate students on the documentary "To Wisconsin with Love" about a potential mine threatening the pristine water and landscape of Northern Wisconsin and Lake Superior. 

 

In 2012 Moore and her students created the documentary "Weaving Life" about a humanitarian aid worker's extraordinary life in Afghanistan and his tragic death in 2010. The film was shown on 130 local ABC stations in fall of 2012.

 

Moore is a PhD candidate in Media and Communication and Continental Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Her dissertation explores how and why mainstream cinema resists representing the body. 

Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Associate Professor of the Practice of Media Arts and Peacebuilding

​2009 - present

Undergraduate and graduate courses include media for societal change, documentary and narrative film, audio production, social media, pop culture and mass communication, and arts-based peacebuilding and research.

 

 

​Eastern Mennonite University,Harrisonburg, VA 

Art Galleries Director

​2010 - present

 

 

Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA 

Director/Producer of Special Programming

​2003 - 2009

Created independent documentaries, mentored student filmmakers, sought and secured grants, developed documentaries and programming and worked to connect community through film.

 

 

Freelance Producer/Director/Reporter/Writer
Washington, DC, Harrisonburg, VA and various locations

​1993 - present

Clients include Discovery Channel, National Geographic, History Channel, Australian Broadcasting, World Bank, Marketplace Radio, ABC News, BBC, Reuters Television, Christian Science Monitor Radio.   

 

 

"Asia Now" PBS/NHK, Tokyo, Japan

Reporter/Producer/Editor

1991 - 1993

Covered Asian news and features for a PBS/NHK co-production

 

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Washington, DC,Producer/Reporter

1988 - 1991

Reported U.S. news including 1988 Presidential campaign trail and election for Australian broadcaster. 

 

Skills
  • Videographer: proficient on XDCam, Canon 5 and 7D among others

  • Editor: Final Cut Pro/iMovie, Premiere Pro

  • Audio Producer: production equipment includes a variety of mics, recorders and Soundtrack Pro software.

  • Social media community member proficient on Twitter, Facebook, Storify, and various livestreaming platforms 

European Gradudate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland
PhD Candidate in Media and Communications/Continental Philosophy
2017 (projected finish)

Dissertation: Cinema Ecology and the Body Resisted 

 

 

Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
M.A. in Conflict Transformation
2009
 
Buffalo State University, Buffalo, New York
B.A. in Journalism and Political Science
1986

 

 

 

BACKGROUND

Professional 

info
 

Work

experience
 

Education
bottom of page