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Dr. Carol Barnum
Contact Information
Office: J349
Phone: 678-915-7201
cbarnum@spsu.edu
Carol Barnum is Professor of Information Design, Director of the Usability Center, Director of Graduate Studies, a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and recipient of STC's Jay R. Gould Award for excellence in teaching technical communication. This year, The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has selected her as a recipient of the 2009 Regents' Teaching Excellence Award. She came to Southern Polytechnic after working for more than a decade as a copywriter in advertising and public relations. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from Georgia State University and her B.A. in English Honors from the University of North Carolina, where she was a cum laude graduate and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Barnum teaches a variety of courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs in technical communication and information design, including Usability Testing, a course she developed after successfully seeking funding for a state-of-the-art usability lab for Southern Polytechnic. Through the Usability Center at Southern Polytechnic, Dr. Barnum works with clients to explore the user experience of products, including software, websites, Web
applications, and e-learning tools.
Dr.Barnum is the author of numerous articles and books on technical and professional communication. Her latest book, Usability Testing and Research is in Allyn and Bacon's "Technical Communication" series. It won the highest-level award in the STC International Publications competition. An article she co-authored with her graduate students in usability testing won the 2004 Distinguished article award in the STC journal, Technical Communication.
She lives with her husband and Pogo (their cat) in Virginia Highland.
Courses
Dr. Barnum specializes in the following Technical Communication courses offered by the program:
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The English, Technical Communication, and Media Arts Department is a part of Southern Polytechnic State University and can be contacted at TCOM@spsu.edu.
1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, GA 30060-2896
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