Faculty
Kathleen Austin (Senior Lecturer; DCD,
University of Baltimore)
Instructor in the BS in Simulation & Digital Entertainment program, Professor
Austin is an award winning educator and published learning game
developer. She is a nationally recognized curriculum developer in
computer game design programs. Her assignment includes game programming and Web development
courses in the Information Arts & Technologies
division.
Office: AC 200 L Phone: 410.837.5473 e-mail: kaustin@ubalt.edu home page
Nancy Kaplan (Professor; Ph.D., Cornell
University)
Director of the School of Information Arts and Technologies. An award-winning
developer of educational software and internationally recognized expert
on digital literacy, Professor Kaplan teaches courses in information
architecture, hypermedia development, and usability methods. She is
the Principal Investigator for a three-year, NSF funded project investigating
the roles young teens should play in the development of technologies
for their age cohort.
Office: AC 200 D Phone: 410.837.5319 e-mail: nkaplan@ubalt.edu home page
Mohammed Ketel (Assistant Professor;
Ph.D., Polytechnic University)
Professor Ketel currently teaches in the areas of networking, operating
system administration and support, and computer security. His research
interests include distributed wireless networks, internet technologies,
and soft computing.
Office: AC 200 J Phone: 410.837.5278 e-mail: mketel@ubalt.edu
Stuart Moulthrop (Professor; Ph.D., Yale
University)
An internationally known, award-winning digital artist and media theorist,
Professor Moulthrop currently works on the design and application
of interactive software, including video games and simulations. He
teaches courses in multimedia design, media theory, and digital technologies.
Office: AC 200 F Phone: 410.837.5301 e-mail: smoulthrop@ubalt.edu home page
Kathryn Summers (Associate Professor; Ph.D., Texas
Christian University)
Widely published in both traditional and new-media rhetoric, Professor
Summers teaches user research, information design, technical communication,
and rhetorical approaches to information systems. Her current projects
include a major new textbook on Web usability.
Office: AC 200 E Phone: 410.837.6202 e-mail: ksummers@ubalt.edu home page
Charles L Sykes (Lecturer; Ph.D., DePaul
University)
The locus of Professor Sykes research and life's work is Community
Informatics: investigating, contributing to, and implementing policies,
practices and programs effecting the social appropriation of Information
and Communication Technology and affecting its effective use. He currently
teaches courses in the Applied Information Technology (AIT) program.
Office: AC 200 B Phone: 410.837.5223 e-mail: csykes@ubalt.edu home page
Cecelia Wright Brown (Assistant Professor, D.Eng.
Morgan State University)
Office: AC 200 K Phone: 410.837.xxxx e-mail: cwrightbrown@ubalt.edu home page
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