Moreno holds a PhD in performance studies from Northwestern University, is a Fulbright Scholar, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). In 2011–12 he was visiting professor of dance at the University of Panamá in Panamá City, Panamá, and visiting guest artist at the National Dance of Panamá. His research, which he has presented nationally and internationally, investigates stagings of race, nation, and gender in mid-century U.S. modern dance with a focus on José Limón, Erick Hawkins, and Charles Weidman. Moreno is published in Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts and Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies.