James Purdy (scholar) explained

James P. Purdy is an American scholar of writing and rhetoric. He is an associate professor at Duquesne University and director of its writing center, and serves on the editorial board of Computers and Composition: An International Journal ^[1] and Writing Spaces.^[2] His focus is on writing, publishing, and literacy in the digital age.^[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).^[4] He has authored and co-authored articles on writing, pedagogy, and Wikipedia, is the co-author of The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Sponsors, and Academic Knowledge-Making, and is the co-editor of four collections on digital scholarship.

Edited collections

• The New Digital Scholar: Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NextGen Students (with Randall McClure). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2013. .^{[5] [6] [7]}
• The Next Digital Scholar: A Fresh Approach to the Common Core State Standards in Research and Writing (with Randall McClure). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2014. .^{[8] [9] [10]}
• The Future Scholar: Researching and Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy (with Randall McClure). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2016. .^[11]
• Making Space: Writing Instruction, Infrastructure, and Multiliteracies (with Dànielle Nicole DeVoss). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.7820727.

External links

• James Purdy at Duquesne
• Wikipedia is Good For You?

Notes and References

1. Web site: Computers and Composition Editorial Board. 7 May 2020.
2. Web site: Editorial Board. Writing Spaces. 21 May 2016.
3. Gaillet. Lynée Lewis. 2012. (Per)Forming Archival Research Methodologies. College Composition and Communication. 64. 1. 35–58. 23264916.
4. Web site: Purdy . James . Ph.D. . Duquesne University.
5. Robinson. Julia. July 2013. Book Review: The New Digital Scholar. Ariadne. 71.
6. McKenna. Paul. 2013. The New Digital Scholar (review). Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. 37. 3.
7. Bennett. Natalie. 2014. The New Digital Scholar (review). Journal of Library Innovation. 5. 1.
8. Eden. Bradford Lee. 2015. The Next Digital Scholar: A Fresh Approach to the Common Core State Standards in Research and Writing edited by James P. Purdy and Randall Mcclure. Public Services Quarterly. 11. 1. 41–42. 1522-8959. 10.1080/15228959.2015.997173. 54122931.
9. July 2014. The Next Digital Scholar (review). Kirkus Reviews.
10. Calvert. Philip. 2015. The Next Digital Scholar (review). The Electronic Library. 33. 3. 605–606. 0264-0473. 10.1108/EL-11-2014-0206.
11. Johnson. Wendell G.. 2017. The Future Scholar: Researching and Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy. Mcclure, Randall, and Purdy, James P. (Eds.). (review). Public Services Quarterly. 13. 4. 273–274. 10.1080/15228959.2017.1376421. 196131332.