2021 - Dr. Andrew Moore

Department of Great Books
BA (STU) MA, PhD (Western)

Dr. Andrew Moore holds a BA from St. Thomas and an MA and PhD from Western. His scholarly work focuses on the intersections between literature and political theory. Dr. Moore has taught in Great Books and the Aquinas Program since 2008. There, he introduces students to a variety of texts across a range of genres, from epic poetry and Shakespearean tragedy to early modern political theory and contemporary television. In the classroom, he strives to promote meaningful conversations and teaches students to ask clear, precise questions about subjects of perennial human concern, such as justice, freedom, and beauty. Dr. Moore encourages his students to solve problems collaboratively, listen carefully, argue effectively, and share ideas respectfully. During the pandemic, he reinvented his pedagogy by starting a YouTube channel to share video lectures with his students and podcasts with his co-teachers in Great Books. Dr. Moore is also a vocal advocate for liberal arts education. His writing on the value of the liberal arts can be found in University Affairs and Times Higher Education. His goals as a teacher are to help his students understand how they might measure human success, how they might recognize injustice, and how they might find meaning in their lives.