About

Brandy Ball Blake (she/her/hers) serves as the director of professional and technical communication at the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech.

Dr. Blake coaches ISyE students on professional writing, presentations, visual design, and data visualization. She primarily focuses on developing and updating the school's communication program so that it meets the needs of ISyE students and faculty. She works primarily with Senior and Cornerstone Design classes but also assists undergraduate and graduate students with research documents, career documents, and application materials, including those for the NSF Graduate Fellowship program.

Prior to assuming her current position, she was the Director of the Communication Center, where she worked extensively with students and professors across Georgia Tech, managed day-to-day operations of the Center, developed initiatives to help STEM students improve communication, and developed and led numerous workshops on communication skills. She originally came to Tech after receiving her PhD from the University of Georgia.