Alison Moore

Taijuan Moore

Alison Moore is currently the Coordinator of Multicultural Retention Services and the LINKS program for OMSAR (Office for Multicultural Student Access And Retention). Moore has worked in higher education for 16 years. Her first job out of college was as an admissions counselor at a small, private university in Northeast Ohio and eventually worked her way up to director of admissions. Moore enjoyed her time at this university because she was able to form personal relationships with students and getting them excited for college. Through this experience she found that she loved working with students and preferred to work with them throughout their college careers.

Moore would later serve as director of advising at a small college in West Texas, for 4 years, then serve as coordinator of student support services at a private college in Nebraska. Moore moved often because her husband is a coach and has taken jobs at different colleges around the country.

Moore grew up in Ashtabula County in Northeastern Ohio. She once considered attending OU as a journalism major in the E.W. Scripps school, unfortunately she decided against it, but ironically today both Moore and her husband now work at Ohio University. She has been here since August of 2012.

She has adjusted well in her first year and a half here, and feels the faculty at the OMSAR Office has helped greatly in her transition. She also has adjusted well to her many roles within the OMSAR Office, taking a tough but soft approach to advising and assisting the students and peer mentors of LINKS.