Sandra Maxa (Baltimore, MD) is Director of the Graphic Design Master of Arts program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) where she teaches design theory, process and typography. She has served as visiting faculty at Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School for Design and Rutgers University - Newark.

Mark Sanders (Baltimore, MD) has been teaching typography, systems, and interaction design for over 20 years. His research investigates reinventing typographic and digital curriculum in response to the broadening roles and mediums of design. He has been faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School for Design, and Rutgers University - Newark.

As partners at the multi-disciplinary studio Q Collective, Sandra and Mark produce work that reflects a deep interest in identity, interactivity, history and visual culture. Sandra and Mark are also co-authors of the 6^th and 7^th editions of Typographic Design: Form and Communication.