Our Faculty

Our faculty bring a wealth of industry experience to the program with expertise in information design, information architecture, instructional design, graphics, and visual communication. They have significant industry experience and are engaged practitioners as well as instructors. Meet the faculty through these introductions.

Dr. Carol Barnum
teaches Information Design, Usability Testing, Marketing Communication, International Technical Communication, and Professional Oral Presentations.
Meet Dr. Barnum

Dr. Keith Hopper
teaches Instructional Systems Design, Communications Projects Management, Performance Technology, Multimedia, and Medical Communication.
Meet Dr. Hopper

Dr. Betty Oliver
teaches Foundations of Graphics, Information Graphics, Applied Graphics I & II.
Meet Dr. Oliver

Laura Palmer
teaches Technical Writing and Editing, Information Architecture, Writing Across Media, and Visual Thinking.
Meet Dr. Palmer