Dawn S. Opel is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media and User Experience in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University. In 2019, she serves as Policy Research Fellow at the Center for Health and Research Transformation at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on building interdisciplinary teams to improve the design of communication across healthcare, government, and nonprofit organizations for enhanced coordination of patient care. Recent published work appears in Written Communication, Literacy in Composition Studies, and Technical Communication.
