Ewa Callahan

Ewa Callahan is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Interactive Media and Design department at Quinnipiac University. She holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from Indiana University Bloomington and an M.A. in History from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Her expertise spans international/intercultural communication, social informatics, and human-computer interaction. She has published in journals like Annual Review of Information Science and Technology and actively presents at academic conferences.

Dr. Callahan's career includes roles as a systems analyst, researcher at Germany's National Center for Information Technology, and reference librarian. She emphasizes the role of digital media in cross-cultural connections, informed by her multilingual background and residences in Poland, Austria, and Germany.

Her teaching includes courses like Visual Design, Visual Storytelling, and Data Visualization. Notable initiatives include a Holocaust education program combining coursework with European site visits, highlighted in Quinnipiac Today features on student experiences and art in historical contexts.