James Rutter, Ph.D. is the Technology Director for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. He has over ten years of experience working with schools and community organizations on integrating digital fabrication into educational programs. Prior to joining Haystack last year, he was serving as a Graduate Research Assistant and completing his dissertation at the Lab School for Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Virginia (UVA). Here he developed educational programs and conducted a number of research studies integrating fab lab technologies into K-12 schools. His work at UVA has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Education, and he continues to serve as a research consultant with ongoing grant work.