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Dr. Carol Barnum

   Contact Information
   Office: J349
   Phone: 678-915-7201
   cbarnum@spsu.edu

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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. In 2009, The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia selected her as a recipient of the 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 program including Usability Testing, a course she developed after successfully seeking funding for a state-of-the-art usability lab for Southern Polytechnic. 

Dr. Barnum is the author of numerous articles and books on technical and professional communication and usability testing. In 2009, she was recognized for her research and publications, being named the recipient of STC's Ken Rainey Award for Excellence in Research. This international award was named for Kenneth Rainey, a beloved colleague and former department chair at Southern Polytechnic.

As Director of the Usability Center at Southern Polytechnic, Dr. Barnum works with clients to explore the user experience of products, including software, websites, PC applications, and e-learning.  See www.usability.spsu.edu.

 Courses

  Dr. Barnum specializes in the following Technical   Communication courses  offered by the program:

  

 

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