Lianne Wappett
Director, Huntsman Scholar Program & Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Department(s):- Data Analytics and Information Systems
- Huntsman Scholar Program
Education
MFA, Studio Art + Design, University of Idaho
BA, Advertising/Marketing, Brigham Young University
Interactions
Leadership Forum - January 28, 2022
'She's Daring Mighty Things' Moderator - September 17, 2021
Awards
Faculty University Service Award - 2025
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year - 2023
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year - 2021
USU Empowering Teaching Excellence Scholar - 2020
Teacher of the Year - 2020
Biography
Lianne Wappett is an award-winning educator, communication coach, and experience designer. She brings more than two decades of industry and academic expertise to her role as a Professional Practice Assistant Professor at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, where she also directs the Huntsman Scholar Program. Her industry background includes brand-building work with Children’s Miracle Network, Walgreens, Intel, AskJeeves, and others. In the classroom, Lianne fosters curiosity and discovery, coaching students in communication, leadership, and using data and design to tell compelling stories.
Her teaching excellence has earned her honors such as Utah State’s Mentor of the Year and the Huntsman School’s Teacher of the Year. A practicing artist, her work has been exhibited nationally and explores interactive, material-based dialogue. Her areas of expertise span visual analytics, data storytelling, design strategy, digital marketing, rhetoric, and experiential learning—all grounded in a passion for helping students “dare mighty.”
Videos
She’s Daring Mighty Things: Finding Your True North
TEDx - Feedback Loop: Creating Healthy Conflict Through Critiques
Teaching
Quote I love Professor Wappet. She is involved in the women in business and I had her Business Communication and she was very helpful and always gave feedback and was very understanding.