Ann Marie Barry, Ph.D.

Ann Marie Barry is Associate Professor of Communication and Assistant Director of the Boston College Capstone Program. She teaches courses in Visual Communication Theory; Advanced Visual Theory and Aesthetics; Visual Design; Fiction, Film and Video; and Capstone: Conflict & Decision. She is the author of Visual Intelligence (SUNY Press, 1997), The Advertising Portfolio (NTC Business Books, 1990), a commissioned mediation handbook for the Crime and Justice Foundation, and numerous articles and chapters on Visual Communication Theory.

Professor Barry has been honored with the lifetime Distinguished Research Award by the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA, 2002), and twice with the Visual Communication Research Award of the National Communication Association (NCA, 2001 and 2007). She is also recipient of the NBC/Carnegie Institute National Teacher's Award; the Distinguished Service Award of International Visual Literacy Association; the Distinguished Service Award of the Salem and Peabody Mediation Program; and is an invited faculty member of the Boston College chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Her work in advertising and visual design includes appointments as a Donald & Geraldine Hedberg Foundation Fellow, a YPPA Educational Fellow, an Advertising Educational Foundation Fellow. She has also acted as consulting professor with Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide—New York, served as an advisor to the AEF Milt Gossett Creative Workshop, and been a Visiting Professor at DDB Worldwide Advertising, New York.

Her educational background includes a B.S. in Education/English, summa cum laude; an M.A. in English/American Literature, with distinction, from Salem State College; an M.S. in Mass Communication, and a multi-disciplinary Ph.D. in Perceptual Psychology, Literature and Film from Boston University, where she was also a University Scholar. Her background in conflict resolution includes training as a mediator with the Massachusetts District Courts and as an arbitrator with the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

Professionally, she has served as Visual Communication division Chair of the International Communication Association (ICA); as Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA); and as a member of the Board of Directors of Massachusetts Association of Mediation Programs. She also serves as a member of the Board of Editors for the Visual Communication Quarterly (AEJMC), and for the Journal of Visual Literacy (IVLA).