About

The Multimodal Exchange is home to the creative works of students in the Literature and Languages Department at the University of Texas at Tyler.

Here, you will find projects of various multimodal formats, including:

Our featured students shine in their understanding of creativity, design, composition, and innovation.

Tour the future of literature, composition, artistry, and technology as they join hand-in-hand to present to you The Multimodal Exchange.

This website showcases the unique multimodal and digital projects that students have created across literature, composition, rhetoric, and creative writing classes at The University of Texas at Tyler in English and Spanish courses. Highlighting the intellectual work of our students illustrates how the skills associated with traditional literary studies—such as effective research practices, persuasive writing strategies, and critical thinking skills—can grow or evolve when applied to digital platforms or multimodal genres. Additionally, this website is a representation of how English departments can expand their course offerings in such a way that encourages students to undertake innovative forms of critical and creative inquiry via digital media.

This website is managed and created by Michaela Murphy, graduate student in English and Dr. Zita Hüsing, Assistant Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing, at The University of Texas at Tyler.

Contact

For questions, please contact zhusing@uttyler.edu

Website Managers

Dr. Zita Hüsing

Zita Hüsing is an Assistant Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing at The University of Texas at Tyler. Before this position, she worked as Assistant Director of Writing and Communication and Postdoctoral Marion L. Brittain Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She graduated with a Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University in 2022 with a concentration in 20th and 21st century American literature and a focus on Science Fiction. She has published widely in journals such as Fantastic, Femspec, Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy and the SFRA Review.

Michaela Murphy

Michaela Murphy is a Graduate Student at The University of Texas at Tyler. She is the Director of the campus Digital Design Studio and Co-President of the Creative Writing Club. Alongside the graduate level courses she takes for herself, she also teaches First Year Composition. She will earn her English MA degree in May of 2025. She is published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Inspired Minds literary magazine and the Spring 2025 issue of the Between the Lines department newsletter.