James Purdy (scholar)
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James P. Purdy is an American scholar of writing and rhetoric. He is a professor of English/Writing Studies at Duquesne University[1][2] and director of its writing center, and serves on the editorial board of Computers and Composition: An International Journal and Writing Spaces, an open educational resource for postsecondary writing education.[3] Purdy received his BA in English from Pennsylvania State University (2000) and his MA and PhD in English/Writing Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001, 2006). He has authored and co-authored articles on writing, intellectual property, research, pedagogy, and Wikipedia. His article "Valuing Digital Scholarship: Exploring the Changing Realities of Intellectual Work," co-authored with Joyce R. Walker, received the Ellen Nold Award for the Best Article in Computers and Composition Studies in 2011. He was also the recipient, in 2008, of the Kairos Best Webtext Award, for "Digital Breadcrumbs: Case Studies of Online Research" (also co-authored with Joyce R. Walker).[4]
- The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Sponsors, and Academic Knowledge-Making (with Karen J. Lunsford). New York: Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9781032400921
- Are We There Yet? Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education–Twenty Years Later (with Jennifer Marlow). Logan, CO: Utah State University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64642-240-1