Bobby Moore

280 Northern Ave. Apt. 19D

Avondale Estates, GA 30002
706-767-1407
robert.a.moore1982@gmail.com
bobbymoore.contently.com

Bobby Moore is an Atlanta-based music journalist and

college student whose articles about roots and country music have been
published by She Shreds, No Depression, Creative Loafing (Atlanta), and
Stomp and Stammer. Past education experience has sharpened his research
and writing skills, often through music-centered projects. These include an
M.A. thesis on the history of punk rock in Atlanta, 1978-2011. Hes
currently finishing a second Masters degree (Ed. S.) and plans to parlay his
knowledge of digital learning environments into a career in country and
roots music preservation.

Education

Ed. S. in Instructional Technology (Online-Only), University of West Georgia,

Jan. 2014-present

M.A. in History, University of West Georgia, 2009-July 2011

Museum Studies Certificate, University of West Georgia and the Atlanta

History Center, July 2011

B.A. Mass Communications with a History minor, University of West

Georgia, 2008

Music-Related Public History and Museum Experience

Graduate Research Assistant for the Georgia New Harmonies

project, Center for Public History, Carrollton, Georgia, and the Georgia
Humanities Council, Fall 2010-Summer 2011.
Researched statewide music traditions to help localize a travelling
Smithsonian exhibit about American roots music.
Compiled a comprehensive Georgia roots music bibliography and
discography and a list of venues and festivals that feature roots music
performers.
Completed field work at the Atlanta Greek Festival and assisted with
documentation at Sacred Harp and African American note-singing
events.
 Worked closely with the twelve small communities that hosted the
exhibit in 2012-2013.
Supervised an undergraduate student assigned to the project.

Intern for the Georgia New Harmonies project, Center for Public
History, Summer 2010.
Began work listed above.
Conducted research trip at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon,
Georgia.

Oral Historian, University of West Georgia, Spring 2009-fall 2011

Conducted and transcribed 14 interviews of participants in the punk
music scene in Atlanta for my M.A. thesis

Presentations at conferences and symposiums

Kids Like You and Me, University of West Georgia History

Department Graduate Student Symposium, February 2, 2011.
New Harmonies in Georgia, Center for Public History Showcase,
University of West Georgia, April 13, 2011.
The New Harmonies Traveling Exhibit Comes to Georgia, National
Council for Public History Annual Meeting Poster Session, Pensacola,
Florida, April 8, 2011. Presented the website that I had developed for
the Georgia New Harmonies project with undergraduate research
assistant Mollie Marlow.
Scheduled to participate in the Let Them Heart It!: Exploring Public
Historys Role in Saving Radio Heritage working group at the 2017
NCPH Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 22.