Who are we?
We are the University of Central Oklahoma's Design Department. We are professionals. We are masters. We live and breathe the trade we teach. Each one of us come from a different background; we strive to provide you with a well-rounded, versatile experience in design school so you can one day be masters of the trade like us. UCO Design is a NASAD accredited design school.

Department Mission Statement:
Prepare students to be creative problem solvers, decision makers and intelligent participants in the design community.
Department Chair & Graphic Design Program Director
Amy Johnson, Professor
ajohnson54@uco.edu
405.974.5770
Assistant Department Chair & Interior Design Program Director
Dr. Valerie Settles, Assistant Professor
vsettles@uco.edu
405.974.5219
MFA Program Director
Brock Wynn, Lecturer – Graphic Design
bwynn3@uco.edu
405.974.5234
Foundations Program Director
Sam Ladwig, Assistant Professor – Graphic Design
sladwig@uco.edu
405.974.5200
Illustration Program Director
Keith Webb, Associate Professor – Graphic Design / Illustration
kwebb5@uco.edu
405.974.5208
Design History Minor Program Director
Amanda Horton, Associate Professor – Graphic Design
ahorton4@uco.edu
405.974.5212
Faculty
Lanie Gabbard, Associate Professor – Graphic Design
dgabbard@uco.edu
405.974.5207
Dr. SeonMi Choi, Assistant Professor – Interior Design
schoi4@uco.edu
405.974.5695
Amy Jacobson-Peters, Instructor – Interior Design
ajacobsonpeters@uco.edu
405.974.5215
Larry Hefner, Professor Emeritus – Graphic Design
lhefner@uco.edu
405.974.5211
Jime Wimmer, Assistant Professor – Graphic Design / Illustration
jwimmer@uco.edu
405.974.5210
Jingfen Guo, Assistant Professor – Interior Design
jguo1@uco.edu
405.974.5200
James Ewald, Assistant Professor – Graphic Design
jewald@uco.edu
405.974.5200
Dr. Deborah Luber-Myers, Instructor – Foundations
dluber@uco.edu
405.974.2501
Professional Staff
T'Nisha Law, Administrative Assistant II
tlaw1@uco.edu
405.974.5200
Monique Ortman, Graphic Designer / Design Technician 
mortman@uco.edu
405.833.7748
International Spotlight
Dalian Polytechnic University – The UCO Department of Design has a Department level agreement with our first international partner, Dalian Polytechnic University!

UCO Design is sponsored by:
Clocktower Studio & Inktank Studio
Paymo – for project management. Give it a try!
Squarespace
ZoomShift
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