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. She 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.