PW Support Team

The Professional Writing Program provides multiple levels of support for instructors and students who have questions about the program, teaching, learning, potential careers, technology, internship opportunities, and more. Each of the members of the support team can answer your questions or direct you to the person who can. For questions about the administration of the program, the undergraduate major, or English 420/421, contact the Director, David Blakesley. For questions about the day-to-day operation of the program, contact the Program's secretary, Cathy Archer, in Heav 302, who knows how everything works or where to find it.

In this listing of vital information below, we've tried to help you decide whom to contact with your questions by offering you some leads.

David Blakesley, Professor of English, Director of Professional Writing. PhD in Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature, University of Southern California, 1990.

Ask me about the PW Program, mentoring, the undergraduate majors, the website, the labs, Drupal, grading, pedagogy, scheduling, teaching or internship opportunities, rhetoric, the publishing industry, Computers and Writing 2010, Parlor Press, or anything else a Director might likely know.

Office: Heavilon 302C
Phone: 4-3730 
Office Hours: T,TH 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. and by appt.
Email: blakesle@purdue.edu
URL: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~blakesle/

Mark Hannah, Assistant Director of Professional Writing, PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition, MA, Northern Illinois University, JD, DePaul University

Ask me about PW Program pedagogy, teaching English 420 and 421, teaching with technology, Purdue's Certificate for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (including ENGL 420E). classroom management, Computers and Writing 2010, and the Professional Writing Pedagogy Showcase

Office : Heavilon 301A
Phone: 496-6074
Office Hours: T - 10:00-11:00 and by appt.
Email: mhannah@purdue.edu

Karen Kaiser Lee, Mentor for Professional Writing, PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition

Ask me about PW pedagogy, teaching English 420 and 421, the PW Practicum (English 505M), multimedia and new media, Second Life, and classroom management.

Office: Heavilon
Phone: 494-7282
Office Hours: TBA
Email: kkaiserl@purdue.edu

Patricia Sullivan, Professor of English, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University

Ask me about teaching professional writing, course goals, the PW major, and the Rhetoric and Composition graduate program.

Office: HEAV 401
Phone: 494-3768
Email: Sullivanatpurdue@gmail.com

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Cathy Archer, Secretary for Professional Writing (PW) and Introductory Composition at Purdue (ICAP)

Ask me about anything. I will either know an answer or can let you know who can help you find an answer. If you don't know who to see or write with your questions, ask me first. If you want to meet with the Director, call me to make an appointment.

Office: Heavilon 302
Phone: 494-3730
Email: archerc@purdue.edu

Judy Ware, Administrative Assistant/Schedule Deputy, Department of English

Ask me about the scheduling of your courses, if you need special rooms reserved, or if you need to make any other room arrangements.

Office: Heavilon 314B
Phone: 494-3743
Email: jware@purdue.edu
URL: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/HomePages/JudyWare/default.html

ITaP Customer Service Center

Contact us to report immediate problems in labs or to receive immediate help, to check out remote controls in labs, or anything else to do with the classroom computing environment.

Location: STEW G65
Phone: (765) 494-4000
Email: itap@purdue.edu