Karen Moyer is a former Associate Professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, where she taught a wide range of design courses over 36 years. Karen introduced the first information design course in 1980. Before joining CMU, Karen worked in Philadelphia, Toronto, New Haven, and New York. She has completed projects for Alcoa, IBM, Westinghouse, Ontario Department Education, and Richard Wurman. She was also project manager on the first Symbol Signs project for the AIGA and U.S. Department of Transportation. Karen lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Don.