Faculty
Jennifer Bay
Assistant Professornew media; professional writing; feminism and rhetoric
jbay@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jbay
Linda Bergmann
Associate ProfessorAmerican nineteenth century popular nonfiction; writing centers; writing program administration bergmann@purdue.edu
http://web.ice.purdue.edu/~lbergman
Samantha Blackmon
Associate Professorcomputers and writing; gaming and culture; African American history and rhetoric; lesbian studies; writing program administration
blackmos@purdue.edu
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/people/engl/blackmon
David Blakesley
Professorprofessional writing; rhetorical theory; visual rhetoric; film; electronic publication; distance learning
blakesle@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~blakesle
Richard Johnson-Sheehan
Professorrhetorical history; professional writing and editing
rjohnso@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rjohnso
Thomas Rickert
Associate Professorrhetoric and composition theory; postmodernism; cultural studies and critical theory
trickert@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~trickert/
Michael Salvo
Associate Professortechnical communication; ethics; information architecture
salvo@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~salvo
Tony Silva
Professor and Program Director, ESL Graduate Programsecond language writing: theory, research, and pedagogy
tony@purdue.edu
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/Faculty/Silva%2C_Tony.html
Patricia Sullivan
Professor and Director, Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Programonline publics & feminism; historiography, history of rhetoric, & digital humanities; technical communication
psulliva@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~psulliva
Irwin Weiser
Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Professor and Head, Department of Englishcomposition theory; writing across the curriculum; writing program administration
iweiser@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~iweiser/
Associated Faculty and Staff
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Janet Alsup, Associate Professor
English education; composition
jalsup@purdue.edu
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Dwight Atkinson, Associate Professor
ESL, postmodern methods
datkinso@purdue.edu
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Margie Berns, Professor
sociolinguistics; world Englishes; ESL
berns@purdue.edu
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Kristina Bross, Associate Professor
colonial American literature
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Tammy Conard-Salvo, Associate Director, Writing Lab
tcsalvo@purdue.edu
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Victor Raskin, Distinguished Professor
semantic theory, natural language processing, humor
vraskin@purdue.edu
Emerita Professors
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Muriel Harris, Professor Emerita
writing centers; online tutoring; collaboration
harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu
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Janice Lauer, Reece McGee Distinguished Professor Emerita and First Director of the Graduate Program in Rhetoric and Composition
rhetorical history; composition theory & pedagogy
jmlauer@purdue.edu
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Shirley Rose, Professor Emerita
composition theory & pedagogy; citation studies; writing program administration
now a Professor of English at Arizona State University Shirley.Rose@asu.edu
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