The first step for the final project ("Comprehensive Concept Statement") will involve posting an idea or concept that you think would be worth developing more fully and that others would be interested in as well. Post your 100-word (max) idea as a comment on this post by Tuesday's class, 10/16.

It's time to introduce ourselves, so I'll start:

I'm now in my seventh year here at Purdue, and I have enjoyed every minute of my time here. Before 2000, I taught at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, for eleven years. My "home" is probably Southern California, where I spent all my time in grad school at SDSU and USC. I was promoted to full professor here at Purdue last year, and I also direct Purdue's Professional Writing major for the English department. My scholarly work clusters around a variety of subjects, including rhetorical theory (aka "persuasion"), the teaching of writing, professional writing, communication technologies, visual rhetoric, digital and print publishing, multimedia, and film.

Now, I guess the big question (at least for me!) is, "Why am I here in ENTR 200, teaching entrepreneurship and innovation?" . . .