McNamara, Ann Associate Dean for Research and Creative Works. School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts

Ann McNamara is the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Works in the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts and a professor in the Visualization program at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on the advancement of computer graphics and scientific visualization through novel approaches for optimizing an individual's experience when creating, viewing, and interacting with virtual and augmented spaces. She is the director of the VIVID (Visceral Intersensory Visualization & Information Design) Lab, a collaborative research lab that engages multiple modalities and delivery mechanisms for presenting data. She is the recipient of an NSF CAREER AWARD entitled "Advancing Interaction Paradigms in Mobile Augmented Reality using Eye-Tracking."