Karen Zimmermann is the Assistant Director of the School of Art and a professor in the ID: Graphic Design and Illustration Division at the University of Arizona. She teaches Typography, Information Graphics, Design, Cutlure and Langauge, and Letterpress the Multiple. Courses explore technique and practice as well as theoretical, historical, and critical issues. Previously Karen taught at the University of Hawai’i and VCU. Karen has received numerous grants and awards for her design and art work including an Arizona Project Grant by the Arizona Commission of the Arts, UA Deans fund for Excellence, and UA Faculty Fellowship. Her writing has been published in “The Education of a Graphic Designer,” “The Education of an E Designer,” “The Education of a Motion Designer”, JAB Journal of Artists’ Books) “Design Education in Progress: Methodology and Process”, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Adobe Magazine, FATE, SIGGRAPH and Zed.