Dene Grigar
Founder
and Director
People
At the heart of the Electronic Literature Lab is its people. All are drawn from the Department of Digital Technology and Culture, either as faculty, staff, alums, and students, trained in areas like multimedia design, Web development, 3D modeling and animation, 2D animation, videography, and social media strategy. Our Research Affiliates represent a wide range of interests and backgrounds relating to born-digital theory and practice.
Principals
Holly Slocum
Project Manager
and Senior Designer
Greg Philbrook
Instructional and
Preservation Technician
Andrew Thompson
Virtual and Extended
Reality Developer
Affiliated Scholars
John F. Barber, PhD
Washington State University Vancouver
United States
Richard Snyder, PhD
Northwest University
United States
Alexandra L. Martin, PhD
Université du Québec à Montréal
Canada
Mariusz Pisarski, PhD
Adam Mickiewicz University
Poland
Erika Fülöp, PhD
Université Toulouse
France
Mark Anderson, PhD
Independent Scholar
United Kingdom
Will Luers, MFA
Washington State University Vancouver
United States
Deena Larsen
Independent Artist
United States
Mehulkumar Desai
Indian Institute of Technology
India
Researchers and Staff
Ruth Woodcock
Metadata Specialist
James L'Esperance
Preservation Technician
Rylan Eisenhauer
Video Editor
Evan Leyden
Multimedia Designer
Andrew Truax
3D Modeler
Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance
Social Media Specialist
Marilyn Gable
Undergraduate Researcher
Drunken Boat Fellow
Von Miller
Undergraduate Researcher
Drunken Boat Fellow
Visiting Scholars and Post Docs
- Madison McCartha, UC Santa Cruz, summer 2022
- Julia Polyck-O'Neill, ELL Fellow, 2019-2020
- Amy Spencer, ELL Fellow, 2019-2020
- Élika Ortega (U.S.). Research into print manuals accompanying electronic literature. Spring 2018.
- Piotr Marecki (Poland). Study of media archaeology lab. August 2017.
- Monika Górska-Olesińska (Poland). Research into Stephanie Strickland's True North. September 2016.
- Daniela Maduro (Portugal). Shapeshifting texts: keeping track of electronic literature. May-June 2016.
- Ula Pawlicka (Poland). Fulbright Scholar. A study of electronic literature contributing to her dissertation. August 2014-February 2015.
Previous CMDC Undergraduate Researchers
Quinn Carrick (2025), Sierra O'Neal (2021-2024), Sydney Nguyen (2023-2024), Ben Peterson (2024), Kathleen Zoller (2018-2023), Arlo Ptolemy (2021-2023), Ariel Wallace (2021-2023), Ahria Nicholas (2021-2023), Austin Gohl (2022), Mariah Gwin (2017-2020), Andrew Nevue (2018-2020), Moneca Roath (2018-2020), Austin Fields (2018-2019), Katie Bowen (2017-2018), Vanessa Rhodes (2017-2018), Veronica Whitney (2017-2018), Madeleine Brookman (2015-2016), Amalia Vacca (2013-2015), and Seti Alizadeh (2012-2013)
Undergraduate Docents for Electronic Literature Exhibits
Setareh Alizadeh, Keeley Bitton, Madeleine Brookman, Nicole Buckner, Eli Campbell, Melissa Carroll, Hunter Crawford, Serena Devera-Taualo, Neita Faris, Evan Flanagan, Natalie Hendren, Morgan Hutchinson, Jason Lee, Kerri Lingo, Alan McGinnis, Gary Nasca, Kate Palermini, Greg Philbrook, Margarete Strawn, Nic Stevens, Amalia Vacca, Haley Zach, Andrew Thompson, James L'Esperance, Simone Huynh