About Us

Mission

The Digital Studio serves students enrolled in any English course who wish to print course-related assignments, create digital projects, or work collaboratively. We offer additional services to students enrolled in ENGL 3764: Technical Writing, including online tutoring and on-site support for collaborative projects. We develop online content to assist Technical Writing students with assignments in this course with an emphasis on developing functional, critical, and rhetorical computer literacies. Digital Studio consultants aim to provide services with an equal blend of professionalism and creativity.

Meet the Team

Our team is comprised of dedicated graduate and undergraduate students from the English department. Our interns are all Professional and Technical Writing majors who are working hard to develop content for this website and provide online tutoring services for Technical Writing students. Keep reading to find out more about each of us!

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Allison Hutchison, MFA, PhD Candidate

Digital Studio Coordinator

Allison is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Rhetoric and Writing program here at Virginia Tech. Her dissertation explores the confluence of technical writing and writing centers by conducting a feasibility study of the online tutoring services offered in the 360 Digital Studio. Outside of the studio, she likes to take her dog, Boris, for a walk, cook, and hunt for WooHoo! (sale) cheese at Kroger.

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Jessie, MA Student

Digital Studio Assistant Coordinator

Jessie is a graduate student in the English department. Her research interests include fantasy, children's literature, and comic books. She hopes to obtain her doctorate and start a career as a professor of literature. She is obsessed with Harry Potter and she has a cat named Peach.

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Amy, BA student

Digital Studio Consultant

Amy Foltz is a Senior in the Professional Technical Writing Department. She is especially interested in technical communication and design. She would like to work in the field of scientific communication when she graduates in Spring 2019. When she’s not in the studio, she is probably at home playing video games or drawing with her cat curled up somewhere nearby.

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Emily, BA student

Digital Studio Consultant

Emily majors in Professional and Technical Writing and Literature and minors in sociology and popular culture. She aspires to be a copy editor. In her free time, she likes to acrylic paint.


Fall 2018 Team Members

Giulia, BA Student

Digital Studio Consultant

Giulia is a Junior double-majoring in Professional & Technical Writing and Literature & Language pre-law. She is interested in marketing and plans to go to law school once she graduates. In her free time, Giulia likes to run and drink tea.

Jakob, BA Student

Digital Studio Consultant

Jakob is a Junior in the Professional and Technical Writing Department and is minoring in Political Science. His areas of interest include developing online content, web design, and user documentation. In his free time, Jakob enjoys playing his favorite sports (typically basketball and tennis) and napping at every good opportunity.

Dash Elhauge, BA, MFA Student

Dash is a first-year MFA student in the Creative Writing program at Virginia Tech. His experimental fiction explores the boundaries of reason, the sonic dimensions of language, and the hopelessness of human connection. He spends most of his free time playing chess and writing songs. He built this website!