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, Jill Brown, 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, grading, pedagogy, scheduling, teaching or internship opportunities, rhetoric, the publishing industry, The Writing Instructor, Digital WPA, KB Journal, Parlor Press, or anything else a Director might likely know.

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

Nathaniel Rivers, Assistant Director of Professional Writing, PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition, MA, Purdue University

Ask me about PW Program pedagogy, teaching English 420 and 421, teaching with technology, teaching usability projects, document design, classroom management, and the Professional Writing Pedagogy Showcase

Office: HEAV 414
Phone: 494-3762
Office Hours: Thursday, 12:00-1:00
Email: nrivers@purdue.edu

John Spartz, Mentor for Professional Writing, PhD candidate in English and Linguistics, MA, University of Minnesota Duluth

Ask me about teaching English 420 and 421, using course technologies, Purdue's Certificate for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (including ENGL 420E)

Office : Heavilon 210
Office Hours: TTH - 3:00-4:00
Email: jspartz@purdue.edu

Patricia Sullivan, Professor of English, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University, 505M Instructor for Fall 2007

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: psulliva@purdue.edu

Jeremy Tirrell, Technology Coordinator for Professional Writing, Ph.D. candidate in English (Rhetoric and Composition), MA, University of Texas at San Antonio

Ask me about using Drupal for course sites, adapting technologies to meet pedagogical goals, the PW and ICaP server, computer hardware and software, Web design

Office: Heav 207
Phone: 4-7282
Email: jtirrell@purdue.edu
URL: http://www.jtirrell.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

JoLene Lark, Coordinator of User Services, CLA-IT (English, History)

Ask me about equipment or software in Department labs or for assistance using English department labs and resources (Grad Lab and office computers). I can also answer questions about the IMP Lab (Heavilon 402) and EP Lab (Heavilon 411) when Erin and Dave are out of town)

Office: Heavilon 329B
Phone: 496-6589
Email: jlark@cla.purdue.edu
URL: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/people/it/jlark/

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

Francois Bachelder, Instructional Computing Coordinator for English, Instructional Computing Services.

Ask me for assistance using ICS labs, career accounts, and course resources on the Purdue server.

Office: Stanley Coulter 172
Phone: 49-68294
Email: engl-mgr@purdue.edu

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