Dr. J. Peter Moore

Director of PATTeRN, PrintBay 

Clinical Assistant Professor / John Martinson Honors College

Email:  moore708@purdue.edu

I teach seminar courses on experimental methods in literature and art, with a special focus on small-press publishing, as well as a variety of studio courses in letterpress printing. I direct the PrintBay, Purdue’s only letterpress teaching lab. I am currently creating partnerships with existing literary small presses, so that students get the opportunity to design, print, and bring to market special-edition books.

Honors Student Mentees

• Owen Johnson
• Emma Summers
• Elise Black
• Jordan Doyle

PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:

Copying and Reading the Prick of Conscience in Late Medieval England

Honors Student Mentees

Raymond Brison

Simon Paul Mitchell

PrintBay Studio Technician

Catherine Elizabeth Harrison

PrintBay Studio Technician

Michael Johnston

Associate Professor / English

I teach courses on the history of the book, running from manuscript to print. I did grad-level training on early printing, as well as manuscript culture. I focus on manuscripts in my research, but in my recent book, my entire conclusion puts my findings on manuscript culture into dialogue with recent debates about whether MS-print should be conceived as revolutionary or evolutionary. 

PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:

Copying and Reading the Prick of Conscience in Late Medieval England

Honors Student Mentees

Raymond Brison

Hyungjoo Kim

Associate Professor / Visual Communication Design

My primary field of communication design is heavily connected to print culture and print media. I have been studying, learning, teaching and practicing design in the print media field and screen-based for decades. I have taught courses like typography, publication design, poster and brand identity design, which are directly related to print culture and media.

PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:

USIPB (the United States International Poster Biennale) Purdue Exhibition: from Curation to Promotion

Honors Student Mentees

Alec Espinola, Olivia Hasenkamp, Sofia Solano and Julia Kiger

Kristin Leaman

Associate Professor / Humanities, Social Sciences Libraries

I teach ILS 495 Research Methods for Rare Books. I also teach independent ILS undergrad and grad courses that focus on book and print history. My dissertation research and current scholarship focus directly on medieval book history and print history. 

Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler

Associate Professor / Art History, History of Design

In my teaching I focus on the history of graphic design and typography. My current research on government design of the 1970s and 1980s includes work related to print culture through a focus on graphic design and typography (graphic identities, brochures/government newsletters, poster art, wayfinding/signage, etc.). 

Pedro Bassoe

Associate Professor / Japanese

I teach courses on Japanese visual culture that includes material on print culture, from woodblock printing to manga. I have published on illustration and book design in Japan and I am currently working on a second article on this topic.

PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:

Japanese Illustration and Book Design, 19th and 20th centuries

Honors Student Mentees

Eva Ulmer, Kumi Mizuno

Jen Scheuer

Associate Professor / Art and Design, Fine Arts

I teach printmaking - 15 through 20th century methods of printing, and incorporate digital technology with manual printing. 

PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:

Photomechanical Materials Research in Printmaking & Letterpress and Creative Research in Artist Books

Honors Student Mentees

Francille Zhuang