DMAP.PITT.EDU - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Teaching Assistant
• Email Director

Jessica FitzPatrick (PhD) is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the English Department. She conducts research at the confluence of spatial studies, digital storytelling, world literature, and speculative fiction. She regularly teaches courses about Narrative and Technology and Digital Media, and she directs the Digital Narrative and Interactive Design (DNID) major. Her current projects include digital and public humanities ventures like the Secret Pittsburgh Digital Guidebook, which exhibits student-generated explorations of Pittsburgh sites and stories. In her role as Digital Media Lab director, she is tasked with developing capacity among faculty and graduate students in digital research and pedagogy, building undergraduate programming, fostering collaborative digital projects, and participating in wider digital initiatives in the humanities. Read more about FitzPatrick and her work here. Email Director FitzPatrick at JLF115@pitt.edu or schedule a conversation through the Appointment Quick Links if you would like information on lab availability, instructional support, and/or digital media equipment.