Dr. CC (née Candace M. Moore) is a gifted communicator, researcher, and media contributor.

She excels in helping high profile brands and individuals effectively convey their story, enhance + restore their image, and be their absolute best.

Dr. CC is a published journalist and strategic communications professional who has attained placements for her clients in Essence, The Wall Street Journal, HBCU Times, and multiple local news sources in top media markets.

She received her PhD in Communication from Regent University to deepen and broaden her understanding of the complexity of communications. Her professional and academic research interests are celebrity, fashion as communication, visual representations, media, culture, race, gender, and faith - particularly Christianity.

Dr. CC’s dissertation entitled, “Celebrity Pastors Designer Fashion Representations on Instagram: A Qualitative Star Studies Analysis Applying the Sociology of Impression Management, Visual Communication, and Semiotics” was an abstract, innovative work exploring the intersection of Christianity, culture, and scholarship. She had the honor of having her dissertation reviewed by Dr. Jane Stokes, an accomplished scholar, collegiate instructor in the UK, and author of “How to do Media and Cultural Studies” which Dr. CC cited in her work. Dr. Stokes stated that the dissertation was “thorough, highly competent, extremely interesting, and that she thoroughly enjoyed reading the work.”

Dr. CC’s research interests have also led her to present academic research at an Association for Education in Journal and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Regional Conference on the messaging of interracial couples in Ebony Magazine as well as the portrayals of Black men in Kehinde Wiley artwork.

Dr. CC received her Master of Arts in Public Relations from Ball State University, and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications from Virginia Union University.

She loves traveling, live concerts, fashion, the arts, water, a good latte, and dance fitness. She also has a passion for empowering the next generation!