Barbara Truman

Barbara Truman is a strategic leader with expertise in human-centric, technology-enhanced performance improvement in training and education applications. She is known for her work at the intersection of research and practice, focusing on emerging media, technology, and systems to support human performance and augmented cognition.

Barbara is a partnership builder with a strong communication and outreach background, collaborating across academia, industry, government, and military sectors. She actively engages in national and international professional associations, advocating for rigorous scholarship in performance technologies, policy-making, transdisciplinary research, and digital citizenship.

Her areas of focus include Human-Computer Interaction, extended reality (XR), simulation, game-based learning, intelligent systems, visualization, and affective computing for personalized living.

Barbara Truman has a diverse educational background, including a Doctorate in Computer Science specializing in Emerging Media, a Master's in Instructional Systems Design, and a Bachelor's in Journalism with a focus on Advertising and Public Relations.

Within various organizations, Barbara has held key positions such as Strategic Advisor at METIL at the University of Central Florida, Simulation Strategist & President at Fusion Unlimited Networks Research, Vice President of Learning Technologies at Academic Partnerships, and various roles at the Center for Distributed Learning and University of Central Florida.

Her professional journey showcases a deep commitment to leveraging technology and research to enhance human performance, design innovative learning experiences, and promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across diverse sectors.