Staff

The Usability Center has a full staff that tailors usability projects to fit your needs and timeline.

Carol Barnum

Title: Director and Co-Founder, Usability Center, Graduate Faculty, Information Design and Communication

Phone: 678-915-7201

Email: cbarnum@spsu.edu

Carol is:

an internationally-recognized authority on usability testing
author of the award-winning book,Usability Testing and Research
- “Distinguished” (highest-level) award from the Society for Technical Communication in its international publications competition
- The #1 text in courses around the world wherever usability testing is taught
An invited and award-winning speaker at international conferences around the world
- Won Best Presentation Prize at the first European Usability Professionals Conference
- Top-rated speaker at STC (Society for Technical Communication) international conferences
- Invited keynote speaker at the first World Usability Day, Michigan State University
- Recent invited speaking engagements include presentations in Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Australia, and throughout the United States
Award-winning author of articles on usability testing, including “Distinguished” award for “Best Article” in Technical Communication, the refereed journal of the Society for Technical Communication
Invited board member, new online Journal of Usability Studies, peer-reviewed journal of the Usability Professionals Association