PATTeRN Faculty Profiles
J. Peter Moore
Director of PATTeRN, PrintBay
Clinical Assistant Professor / John Martinson Honors College
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
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
- Julia Kiger
Matt Hannah
Associate Professor / Digital Humanities
I work with Digital Humanities, and I previously worked in the field of periodical studies although more recent work has moved away from print culture. I also collaborate on the Modernist Archives Publishing Project.
PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:
- Escaping Conspiracy Theories
Honors Student Mentees
- Jordan Cooley
- Emmett Warnock
- Amelia Simpson
- Taylor Quinn
Kristin Leaman
Associate Professor / Humanities, Social Sciences Libraries
I teach an 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 will 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
Assistant Professor / Art and Design, Fine Arts
I teach printmaking—15-20th 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
Kristina Bross
Associate Dean of Research / John Martinson Honors College
I am a literary historian; my present scholarly project (which has two JMHC researchers attached) involves researching a late 19th-century novel with an eye to digital and bricks-and-mortar exhibitions and a new scholarly edition.
PATTeRN-Sponsored Research:
- The 19th Century Novel as Scholarly Edition
Honors Student Mentees
- Anna Wrobel; Maria Conners
