Kelli Moore

Kelli Moore is an Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Her work interrogates the intersections of media, technology, and legal-political knowledge production, with a focus on trauma narratives, visual evidence, and historical discourses of domestic violence.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Communication, University of California, San Diego
• Alumna of the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Rhetoric, Berkeley)

Research Interests: Her scholarship examines how media shapes legal frameworks around domestic violence, racial embodiment, and feminist jurisprudence. Current projects include a media history of court-watching practices and an archival study of student governance at women’s colleges and historically Black colleges.

Awards:

• University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Teaching and Mentorship: Teaches courses on media forensics, race and media, queer of color critique, and media aesthetics. No listed advisees are currently documented.