Dr. Bailey Moorhead is Assistant Professor of English at Kentucky College of Art + Design. Their interdisciplinary teaching and research connect American literature, writing studies, film and media studies, cultural history, and gender studies, with particular interests in modernism, labor studies, and critical race theory.

Bailey earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Mississippi, where they taught literature and composition and served as Assistant Director of the University Writing Center. Before joining KyCAD, they taught writing, literature, film, and American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

Committed to student-centered learning, Bailey encourages students to strengthen their writing, critical thinking, and communication skills while connecting creative practice to broader historical and cultural conversations.