Kerry Ann Moore joined Cumberland University in the fall of 2015, and she teaches Creative Writing and English courses in the School of Humanities Education and the Arts. Mrs. Moore specializes in teaching the writing and reading of Creative Nonfiction and Fiction. Before coming to Cumberland, she studied and taught courses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Mrs. Moore holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a Master of Arts in English. Her writing earned a prestigious fellowship from the University of Minnesota, various graduate assistantships and arts grants, and publication in a longstanding, reputable literary journal. She participated in several writers’ conferences and workshops with award-winning authors from around the world.