Educational Background/Training

Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Classics & Gender Studies)

M.A., University of South Carolina (Classics & Gender Studies)

B.A., University of South Florida (Classics & English Literature)

16 years combined experience as a full-time educator at the college and secondary levels, with expertise in neurodivergent learners

Instructor at Georgetown University (honored with the Tropaia Award for outstanding faculty)

Founder and host of Electric Euphoria, a queer and neurodivergent performance showcase and open-mic

Teaching Artist for Arts for the Aging and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

About the Artist/Ensemble

Casey Catherine Moore is a bipolar, bisexual poet, writing coach, and educator. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of South Carolina with a focus on Latin poetry, invective, and gender studies. Casey’s work centers gender, sexuality, and dis/ability, and can be found in academic and creative publications, including The Comparatist, Sinister Wisdom, and Samfiftyfour. Her Greco-Roman mythology and dis/ability-inspired poetry collection, Psyche, was published in September 2024 by Anxiety Press.

She founded and hosts Electric Euphoria, a queer and neurodivergent open mic, and co-produces / co-hosts Homo Stanzas, a queer poetry and comedy series. She is also a Busboys & Poets open mic host at their Brookland location. Her performance credits include The Kennedy Center, Poetry Out Loud, and the 2022 March for Medicare for All Rally in DC.

In her sixteen-year career in formal education, Casey taught writing, literature, and ancient languages, literature, and culture at both the collegiate and high school levels. She is now a Teaching Artist with organizations including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Arts for the Aging, and Story Tapestries. Casey teaches at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies, where she received the 2024 Tropaia Outstanding Faculty Award.

Throughout her career, Casey has utilized workshop-based teaching, reflective writing, and creativity in all her content areas of expertise. She carries these strategies to her writing coaching, where she has helped writers from all levels and backgrounds complete projects, including academic articles, novels, poetry manuscripts, memoirs, fantasy works, and college and graduate school applications. In workshops and coaching, Casey helps writers develop healthy writing habits, bring joy to writing, develop strategies for high production without pain, complete projects, and go through the submission process. She is an expert in differentiation and working with neurodivergent individuals.

​Casey’s teaching and writing are advocacy; she uses her background in theory and commitment to creative thinking to teach in an adaptable way that values difference, promotes equity, and incorporates real-world issues. She believes that positive change is possible by celebrating unique and authentic voices, and she draws inspiration from the madness and beauty within and all around her.

Educational Program Description

Casey offers workshops and courses on many topics for youth, adults, and older adults. Below are a few examples of previous workshops, but normally, workshops and courses are curated by the attendees or parents to fit the specific needs of the writers. Casey is an expert in differentiation and relationship building, which allows her students and clients to write freely in their own voices about who they are and what matters to them.

Content-Based Workshops for Middle & High School Students
In her work with teens, Casey has always used creativity to build confidence, improve writing skills and critical thinking, and design joyful learning experiences. In these workshops, Casey will work with teachers to focus the workshop on beneficial skills or subject matters that work with the student’s current learning. Students will create their own writing pieces and share them on an open mic at the close of the session.

On Task Creativity: Habits for Writing & Revision
One of the most common issues with writers is getting stuck (or not starting) despite desire and good intentions. In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for keeping the movement going in a joyful way, revision, and have writing time to create individualized strategies based on your needs.

Telling Our Stories
We grow and heal through the stories we tell about ourselves and others. In this workshop, we will use pre-writing techniques to structure and begin memoir projects.

Show Don’t Tell: A Sensory Imagery Workshop
If a poem is a “feeling on a page,” as Rita Dove says, then the world needs poems that paint those feelings. In this workshop, we will structure writing around the engagement all five senses to create emotional engagement.

Letters to Cupid: A Love Poem Writing Workshop
Donika Kelly said that a great love poem is about “reaching.” In this workshop, we will put that reach onto the page to craft love poems of all kinds.

College & Graduate School Application Essays
This workshop is for students applying for college or graduate school who need support in crafting compelling applications, including personal narratives/statements and writing samples. We will review best practices, brainstorm, and have drafting time to begin our essays. The package includes 3 one-hour individual sessions for active essay work.

Workshops for Older Adults
Casey has worked with older adults throughout the DMV area, in person and virtually, to use poetry and creativity to engage memory and sensory awareness and create joyful spaces of creative expression. Casey co-creates with the groups to generate community poems or leads participants through individual poems, culminating the sessions in an open mic at the end, where we celebrate the unique, wisdom-filled voices of the community.

Workshops for Organizations
These workshops are for organizations looking for work on team-building, best practices for grounding, balance, and mental health, DEI, accessibility, or new ways to approach work tasks creatively. Casey will work with the coordinators to tailor the workshop to the organization’s needs and create a meaningful experience that produces individual and organizational growth.

Fees

$400/hour but will consider other offers

Audiences

• College/University Students
• Adults