Moira Pirsch
Dr. Moira Pirsch is a poet and scholar who believes in the power of the arts to transform our world. Moira currently works as the Education Director at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (MACC), one of the oldest performing arts centers in the Pacific. Since Moira’s arrival at the center, her department has developed Hawaii’s First Youth Poet Laureate Program, Launched the Motivational Mele Series and shifted professional development for teachers to focus on culturally responsive teaching and healing through the arts. Moira holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University's Teachers College and a M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She believes in miracles.
Ph.D., English Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University
M.Ed., Arts in Education, Harvard University
B.A., English Literature, University of Minnesota
Pirsch, M. (Forthcoming) Lords above us and within us: Race, Spirituality and Hip Hop Based Education. Journal of Interreligious Dialogue
Rajan, S. Roberts, K. Guerra, L. Pirsch, M. Morrell. E. (2017) Integrating health education efforts into core curriculum classrooms: Successes, challenges, and implications for urban middle schools. Journal of Adolescent Health
Pirsch, M. (2011, March 28). A Place to Blossom. Minnesota Women’s Press.
Pirsch, M. (2010, December 1). Learning to Live. University of Minnesota’s English Alumni Newsletter. Winter 2010. http://english.umn.edu/engagement/newsletter2010.php?entry=263366.
Pirsch, M. (2010 December). Broken Backbones. In HECUA’s Newsline Newsletter (pp 3). Minneapolis, MN
Pirsch, M. (2010 October 10). UWomen Rap. Minnesota Women’s Press. http://www.womenspress.com/main.asp?SectionID=124&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=3759
Pirsch, M. (2008) A Quilt. In Someone Might Hear You: An Anthology of First Wave Poets (pp 50). Madison, WI: OMAI/First Wave Press
Pirsch, M. (2008). We Women. Printed in Minnesota Youth Writers Poetry Chapbook. Minneapolis, MN
Pirsch, M. In Kepecs, S. (2006) Hip Hop Goes to College. Wisconsin People and Ideas (pp. 14-19). Fall 2006.
Published poet and performer in multiple publications and venues in 12 states.
