diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/browser/moderation.pt b/plone/app/discussion/browser/moderation.pt
index 675d581..90caa6c 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/browser/moderation.pt
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/browser/moderation.pt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                                     <input type="hidden" name="selected_obj_paths:list" value="#"
                                            tal:attributes="value item/getURL" />
                                 </td>
-                                <td tal:content="item/Creator" />
+                                <td tal:content="python:item.author_name or item.Creator" />
                                 <td tal:content="python:toLocalizedTime(item.ModificationDate, long_format=1)" />
                                 <td>
                                     <a tal:attributes="href item/getURL"
diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/profiles/default/catalog.xml b/plone/app/discussion/profiles/default/catalog.xml
index 57577f1..3dbd4f9 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/profiles/default/catalog.xml
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/profiles/default/catalog.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     <column value="last_comment_date" />
     <column value="commentators" />
     <column value="in_response_to" />
+    <column value="author_name" />
 
 </object>