Core Faculty

Dene Grigar, PhD, Program Director
Specialties: Emergent Technologies & Cognition, Electronic Literature, and Ephemera
Courses: Time-Based Media; Language, Texts and Technology; Electronic Literature; Digital Diversity
Contact Information: VMMC 102G, 360-546-9487, grigar@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.nouspace.net/dene

Harrison Higgs, MFA
Specialties: Digital Pigment Printing, Collage and Photomontage, and Hybrid Print Media
Courses: Digital Photography; Introduction to Digital Media I and II; Print Based Media; Art and Its Relationship to Technology
Contact Information: VMMC 102N, 360-546-9457, higgs@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/higgs/higgs.htm

John F. Barber, PhD
Specialties: Electronic Archiving, Interface Design, and Information Architecture
Courses: Multimedia Authoring, Composition and Design, Visual Culture
Contact Information: VMMC 202G, 360-546-9645, jfbarber@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.nouspace.net/john


Affiliate Faculty

Because the DTC is a growing interdisciplinary degree, many members of its faculty are drawn from industry or other academic programs, like Anthropology, Business, Computer Science, English, History, the Library, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.

Peter Burr
Specialties: Multimedia Performance, Animation
Course(s): DTC 477 Advanced Multimedia Authoring, DTC 355 Digital Animation
Contact: hooliganship@gmail.com
URL: http://www.hooliganship.com

Christopher Doulgeris
Specialties: Multimedia Performance, Animation
Course(s): DTC 477 Advanced Multimedia Authoring, DTC 355 Digital Animation
Contact: cdoulgeris@gmail.com
URL: http://www.hooliganship.com

Nicole Campbell, MILS, Library
Specialties: Accessibility, Usability, Library Systems
Contact Information: VLIB 160E, 360-546-9687, campbell@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/campbell/

Ellen Franklin, MA; English & Anthropology
Specialties: Images of Native Americans in Children's Literature, 1950s & 1990s; Images of Native Americans in Film, 1990s
Course(s): ENGL 402 Professional Technical Writing; ENGL 301 Writing and Rhetorical Conventions; Anth 103 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Contact Information: VMMC102P; franklin@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: N/A

David Galaty, PhD; History
Specialities: History of Science, Scientific Metaphor, Technology and Society, Science and Religion
Course(s): HIST 483 "Technology and Social Change," "Special Topics: Art, Science, and Society," HIST 381 "History of Science to Newton," HIST 382 "History of Science to Einstein"
Contact Information: 503-319-2666, david.galaty@comcast.net

Stephen Lakatos, PhD; Psychology
Specialties: Auditory Perception and Scene Analysis
Course(s) Taught: Electronic and Digitial Audio: History and Practice
Contact Information: VCLS 208A (office), VCLS 310 (lab), 360-546-9743, lakatos@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/lakatos/home.htm

David Menchaca, PhD; English
Specialties: Rhetoric of Technology, Professional Writing, Computer Game Studies, Information Design, Rhetorical Theory
Course(s): ENGL 402 Technical and Professional Writing; ENGL 405 Advanced Professional Writing and Editing ; Engl 597 Rhetoric of Science and Technology
Contact Information: VMMC 202X, 360-546-9176, menchaca@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/menchaca/home.htm

Marie Naughton, MA; Professional Writer
Specialties: Exhibit writing for Mount Rainier National Park; Montana, Oregon and Washington State Parks; Ford Motor Company; Starbucks; Naval Undersea, Mystic,and Ocean Journey Museums; American Airpower Heritage Museum, McAllen Children's Museum; and The Philadelphia, Oregon, and Seneca Park Zoos
Course(s): English 402 Technical & Professional Writing; English 405 Advanced Professional Writing & Editing; English 301 Writing and Rhetorical Conventions
Contact Information: (503) 351-6122; naughton@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/naughton/naughton.htm

Wendy Olson, PhD; English
Specialties: Composition Studies; History and Theory of Rhetoric; Critical Literacy and Media Studies; and Political Economy
Course(s): ENGL 301 Writing and Rhetorical Conventions; ENGL 401 History of Rhetoric
Contact Information: VMMC 102K, 360-546-9513, olsonw@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: N/A

Brett Oppegaard, MA
Specialties: Journalism, Electronic Communication, Ethics
Course(s): DTC 338, Electronic Information, Information Ethics
Contact Information: brett@brettoppegaard.com
URL: http://brettoppegaard.com/

Alexis Pike, MFA; Fine Arts
 Specialties: Digital Photography, Chromogenic Printing, Liquid Emulsions, History of Photography, Alt Processes, Venacular Imagery, Trompe l'Oeil
Course(s): FA 331 Art and its Relationship to New Technologies; FA 332 Introduction to Digital Media; FA 434 Time Based Media; Web Design
Contact Information: VMMC 102P, gemstate@teleport.com
URL: http://www.alexispike.com/

Kathi Rick, MA, MFA
Specialities: Fine Art Photography, Installation work
Course(s): DTC 475 Digital Diversity
Contact Information: katecrackernuts@comcast.net

Greg Rose, MBA, PhD; College of Business
Specialties: Information Technology Innovation Research
Course(s): MIS 350 Management Information Systems
Contact Information: VCLS 308L, 360-546-9766, roseg@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/roseg/

Steve Weber, PHD; Anthropology
Specialities: Use of Symbols in Early Civilizations, Complex Society, Development of Early Civilization
Course(s): ANTH 330 Origins of Culture and Civilization, ANTH 301 Arts and Media in Global Perspective
Contact Information: VMMC 202M, 360-546-9734, weber@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/weber/weberindex.html

Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, PhD; Anthropology
Specialties: Film Production Culture, Global Media Industries, India
Courses: ANTH 350 Speech, Thought and Culture; ANTH 301 Arts and Media in Global Perspective
Contact Information: VMMC 102W, 360-546-9574, weberc@vancouver.wsu.edu
URL: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/weberc/weberc.htm