Digital Media Tutors
LITS Creative & Academic Technologies Tutors offer hands-on TECH Lab technology support, innovation, and event programming for the Hamilton College student community. They can assist students with Adobe Suite products such as Photoshop, Premiere, and Illustrator, audio & video production, 3D printing & design, and other forms of physical & digital media. Throughout the academic year, including evenings and weekends, LITS Creative & Academic Technologies Tutors offer personalized service to patrons at Burke Library.
Meet the R&ID Team
Alex Merkowitz
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Economics
Expertise: Photoshop, InDesign
Alya MacDonald
Senior Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Art, Biology
Expertise: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Wordpress, Camera equipment
Antonina Frolova
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2027
Major: Undeclared
Expertise: Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Premiere Pro, Figma, Illustrator
Clare Robinson
Senior Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Sociology, Environmental Studies
Expertise: Photoshop, WordPress, Lightroom, film developing and scanning
Cooper Xu
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Computer Science, Economics
Expertise: Python, C++, VR
Emma Kerkman
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Creative Writing
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D printing, Flextight film scanner, printer troubleshooting
Gabriel Bit-Babik
Senior Digital Media Tutor
Class: 2025
Major: Public Policy, Digital Art
Expertise: Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Audition, Ableton Live, Audacity, OBS, WordPress, Microsoft Suite
Isa Khan
Senior Digital Media Tutor
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Physics, Mathematics
Expertise: Photoshop, Illustrator, Unity, InDesign
Joey Tarlavsky
Digital Media Intern
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Psychology
Expertise: virtual reality, 3D printing, Unreal Engine
John George Freiré Crespo
Digital Media Intern
he/him/his
Class: 2026
Major: Music
Expertise: Premiere Pro, Photoshop, audio editing, film photography
Juliana (Jules) Henderson
Digital Media Intern
she/her
Class: 2026
Major: Computer Science, Theatre
Expertise: Photoshop, Premiere, WordPress, InDesign, 3D printing, Tinkercad, Audacity, Squarespace, C++, Python
Lee Casstevens
Digital Media Intern
he/him
Class: 2026
Major: History, Art
Expertise: Premiere Pro, video equipment, Canva, Lightroom, Audacity
Mariano Russo
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Creative Writing
Expertise: Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Unreal Engine 5, Audacity, cinematics and filmmaking, virtual reality
Markos Lissarrague
Digital Media Tutor
he/him
Class: 2025
Major: Digital Design
Expertise: Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator
Miley Xu
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Art
Expertise: Illustrator, Procreate, Photoshop
Mina Stevens
Digital Media Intern
all pronouns
Class: 2026
Major: Art
Expertise: Audio recording and editing, 3D modeling, video editing
Rachel Budd
Digital Media Tutor
she/her
Class: 2025
Major: Literature
Expertise: Photoshop, Procreate, Premiere
Simon Le
Digital Media Tutor
Class: 2025
Major: Economics
Expertise: Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator
Ting Mei
Digital Media Tutor
she/her/hers
Class: 2026
Major: World Politics, Economics
Expertise: R, Stata, SPSS, Photoshop, Lightroom, film developing and scanning
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