Design.
Create.
Critique.
We produce multimedia creations using diverse viewpoints and critical methodologies.
In the Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) Department, students develop skills in…
- 2D + 3D Animation
- Augmented + Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Digital Cinema
- Digital Humanities
- Game Design
- Graphic Design
- Social Media + SEO
- Storytelling
- Web Design + Development
- …and more.
The Department of Digital Technology and Culture is a home for digital innovation, bridging the worlds of creative production and the critical exploration of digital technology. Spanning four WSU campuses — Pullman, Tri-Cities, Vancouver, and Global — this department is rooted in fostering creative research, scholarship, and production that melds diverse knowledge systems with the progressive and innovative uses of technology.
Students delve into a multidimensional curriculum that includes web design, animation, graphic design, video production, augmented and virtual reality and game design. Embracing inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches, the department stands as a testament to WSU’s commitment to technologically innovative experiences and civic engagement, making it a vibrant hub for future-forward thinkers and creators.
Creativity + Analysis + Technology
A graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Technology and Culture will be able to:
- Demonstrate culturally responsive competencies in working with digital media and technology for ethical and effective human interactions.
- Employ design principles in the creation of various forms of digital media and technology.
- Explore, analyze, and critique the ways digital media and technology function in multiple cultural contexts using diverse methodologies and perspectives.
- Demonstrate understanding of the histories of technological development, from local to global perspectives, and their implications for a variety of mediums.
- Utilize an interdisciplinary perspective to understand contemporary and future cultural impacts of digital media and technology.
- Communicate effectively to diverse audiences, understanding how and why digital media make meaning.
One department. Four campuses.
Digital Technology and Culture has departments on several WSU campuses. Although they have much in common, each department has its own distinctive strengths, requirements, and other instructional differences. Not all DTC courses, options, and certificates are available at every campus. Explore this site to learn more about the programs.
Global
Recent News
- Diamond Beverly-Porter Receives Award from the Douglas L. Epperson Fund for Social Justice Diamond Beverly-Porter, assistant professor in the Department of Digital Technology and Culture, has received an award from the Douglas L. Epperson Fund for Social Justice award.
- John Barber’s “Re-Imagined Radio” Profiled in Radiogram Magazine Radiogram, the magazine of the Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy (SPERDVAC), recently profiled DTC Professor John Barber and his long-running project, Re-Imagined Radio.
- Diamond Beverly-Porter named 2025 Artist Trust Fellow Diamond Beverly-Porter, assistant professor in the Department of Digital Technology and Culture, has been named as a 2025 Artist Trust Fellow. The Artist Trust Fellowships are merit-based awards given annually in recognition of artistic excellence and dedication to one’s practice.
- Beyond the Classroom: DTC Students Visit Top Creative Agencies in Portland Recently, a group of DTC students headed out to Portland, Oregon, for a multi-day professional development trip led by Professors June T. Sanders and Jacob Riddle. Over the course of the trip, students got an immersive look into four top creative design agencies—Nike, Instrument, Nemo, and Wieden+Kennedy—getting a firsthand glimpse into what it’s actually like to work in the design industry beyond the classroom and our small town of Pullman.
- Diamond Beverly-Porter Participates in the Exhibit “Out of View” DTC Professor Diamond E. Beverly-Porter recently participated in Out of View, a group exhibition at the FKM Gallery in Downtown Minneapolis, part of the gallery’s inaugural artist-curated series.