Christa

Moore

Courses Taught

• SEM 1010: Freshman Success Seminar
• SOC 1100: Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 1500: Marriage and Family
• SOC 3050: Socialization
• SOC 3150: Communities and Social Change
• SOC 3250: Popular Culture
• SOC 3300: Sociology of Gender
• SOC 3350: Social Stratification
• SOC 3400: Complex Organizations
• SOC 3850: Human Services
• SOC 3950: Special Topics: Superstition, Folklore, and Myth
• SOC 3951: Special Topics: Clinical Sociology and Trauma
• SOC 4940: Internship in Sociology
• SOC 4970: Independent Study in Sociology
• SOC 4980: Field Work in Clinical Sociology
• SOC 4990: The Project of Sociology Senior Capstone

Research Interests

• Organizational responses to child welfare
• Interagency collaboration across child welfare systems
• Community engagement and bridging campus-to-community relationships
• Model pedagogies and communities of practice

Professional Experience

• 2023-present: Telehealth Outpatient Therapist (part-time/summers): Center for Emotional Health, Charlotte, NC [virtual]
• 2021 & 2022 (summers): Distance Therapist/Policy Consultant: Help, Incorporated Center Against Violence, Family Support Services Division, Reidsville, NC [virtual]
• 2014-2017: Doctoral Intern/Researcher and In-Home Crisis Intervention Specialist: Uspiritus, Family Preservation and Reunification Program, Bowling Green, KY
• 2008-2014: Project Analyst/Technical Assistant: University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work and Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department of Community Based Services, Division of Protection and Permanency, Prevention Branch, Frankfort, KY
• 2000-2008: Director and In-Home Crisis Intervention Specialist: Community Action of Southern Kentucky, Inc., Family Preservation and Reunification Program, Bowling Green, KY

Selected Awards and Honors

• 2023: Outstanding Research and Publication Award
• 2022: Outstanding Service Award
• 2021: Rising Star Award
• 2020: Advisor of the Year Award
• 2019: Advisor of the Year Award

Selected Recent Presentations

Meade, L. & Moore, C. J. The resilience path to career success: Women in Appalachia who survived child sexual abuse. Presentation given at the Virginia Social Science Association’s Annual Conference [Virtual], April 20, 2024.

Jenkins, J. & Moore, C. J. Putting policy into practice: A qualitative analysis of front-line care work in human services. Poster presentation given at UVA Wise Research Day, Wise, VA. April 18, 2024.

Meade, L. & Moore, C. J. The resilience path to career success: Interviews of women in Appalachia who survived child sexual abuse. Presentation at the Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference, Milligan University, Elizabethton, TN. April 11, 2024.

Moore, C. J., Everhart, K., Campbell, W., Gallihar, A., Smith, C., & Wingfield, Z. Co-constructing student community through shared investment in a growing sociology program. Panel Discussion presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. April 5, 2024.

Meade, L. & Moore, C. J. The resilience path to career success: Interviews of women in Appalachia who survived child sexual abuse. Poster presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. April 5, 2024.

Shell, M. D. & Moore, C. J. Flipping the first year: How findings from first-year seminar courses can be applied to transfer students. Poster presented at TAMUCT Faculty Senate Summit, November 12, 2023.

Moore, C. J. & Williams, H. Teaching as care work: Collaboration, relationships, and community. Presented at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, October 27, 2023.

Meade, L. & Moore, C. J. The resilience path to career success: Interviews of women in Appalachia who survived child sexual abuse. Poster presented at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, October 26, 2023.

Moore, C. J. Teaching as care work in rural Appalachia. Poster presented at the Rural Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. August 5, 2023.

Jenkins, J. & Moore, C. J. From policy to implementation: Navigating the front lines of direct care work in family-focused human services. Presentation given at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Research Day, Wise, VA. April 26, 2023.

Jovancevic, L. & Moore, C. J. Burnout in human services: Collaboration as a prevention strategy. Poster presentation given at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Research Day, Wise, VA. April 26, 2023.

Jenkins, J. & Moore, C. J. Putting policy into practice: A qualitative analysis of front-line care work in human services. Presentation given at East Tennessee State University’s Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. April 25, 2023.

Jovancevic, L., Moore, C. J., & Jenkins, J. Interagency collaboration and burnout prevention in child welfare: A clinical sociology perspective. Presentation given at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Appalachian Leaders and Learners: Conference on Experiential Learning, Wise, VA. April 22, 2023.

Jovancevic, L. & Moore, C. J. Burning the candle at both ends: Clinical sociology and burnout. Presentation given at the Virginia Social Science Association’s Annual Conference [Virtual], April 1, 2023.

Moore, C. J. Gendered power in care work. Presentation given at the Virginia Social Science Association’s Annual Conference [Virtual], April 1, 2023.

Moore, C. J. Session 2.3: Educational policy and practices (Part 2). Session moderator for the Virginia Social Science Association’s Annual Conference [Virtual], April 1, 2023.

Moore, C. J. & Shell, M. D. Community building in online synchronous freshman seminar. Presentation submitted to 2022 Transformative Teaching Conference [Virtual]. November 15-17, 2022. 

Cohoon, W. (Demonstrator), Moore, C. J., Weber, L., Reichard, J. Using clinical sociology to build relationships and clarify meaning. Demonstration Presider and Clinical Certification Committee Lead Reviewer, The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. October 8, 2022.

Lehnerer, M., Weber, L., & Moore, C. J. Clinical sociological certification: In and out of the academy. Panel presented to The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. October 8, 2022.

Moore, C. J. & Douin, T. Gendered care work: Punitive bureaucracy versus collaborative engagement. Presentation, The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. October 7, 2022.

Shell, M. D. & Moore, C. J. Community building in online synchronous freshman seminar. Talk submitted to 2022 Chancellor’s Conference on Academic Technology. Bryan, TX. [Virtual], June 28, 2022.

Evans, H., Moore, C.J., Cashio, A., Carter, K., & Mays, B. Community building through experiential learning: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Panel presentation give at Gulf South Summit [Virtual], March 25, 2022.

Selected Publications

Douin, T. & Moore, C.J. (2024). Conveying gendered power through bureaucratic websites: A symbolic analysis of mediated child welfare culture. Children and Youth Services Review.

Shell, M.D. & Moore, C.J. (2024). Flipping the first year: Co-teaching freshman seminar using the community of inquiry framework. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 

Moore, C. J. & Gagné, P. (2023). Gendered power in child welfare: What’s care got to do with it? Lexington Books, An Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN: 978-1-7936-3066-7.

Moore, C. J. (2022). Motivations, strengths, and gaps in interagency collaboration among human service organizations. Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology.

Moore, C. J. & Gagné, P. (2021). Exploring policy implications of ethics of care and justice in care work and human services organizations. Journal of Applied Social Science, 16(1), 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F19367244211027484.

Högnäs, R. S., Roelfs, D. J., Shor, E., Moore, C., & Reece, T. (2017). "J-Curve? A meta-analysis and meta-regression of parity and parental mortality." Population Research and Policy Review 36, no. 2: 273-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-016-9421-1.

Multimedia Contributions

Moore, C. J. (2022, June 17). Rethinking child welfare. With Good Reason [radio show]. https://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/in-the-system/?t=0&autoplay=1#s0.

Moore, C.J. & Shell, M. J. (2022, ). “Zooming through freshman seminar: Community building in online courses.” The Southern Sociologist (TSS) Teaching Corner. https://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/tss/.

Moore, C. J. (2021, May 25). “Predicting the future of the job market.” Zippia.com. https://www.zippia.com/ future-job-market/?featured=276510630142.

Moore, C. J. (2021, January 10). “Experts weigh in on current job market trends.” Zippia.com. https://www. zippia.com/human-resources-generalist-jobs/trends/.

Evans, H. & Moore, C. J. (2020, October 21)."Launching an Initiative on Service Learning During COVID-19." UVA Wise News. https://www.uvawise.edu/news/2020/10/launching-initiative-service-learning-during-covid-19.