Aoife Mooney is an Irish typo/graphic designer, and an Associate Professor at Kent State University in Ohio, USA. She holds a Masters in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, and a Bachelors in Visual Communication from Dublin Institute of Technology. Alongside teaching, she is a practicing typeface designer and typographer. She is also a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers and one of the regional coordinators of the ISTD North America Annual Student Assessment Scheme. She regularly presents on her research internationally at type-focused conferences.