This information is current as of Spring 2008. Please see http://www.english.duq.edu/facPurdy.htm for updated information.
| New Media Technologies and Writing | Multimodal Composition |
| Digital Research and Writing Practices | Composition Theory & Pedagogy |
| Digital Archival and Plagiarism Detection Technologies | Writing Center Theory & Pedagogy |
Selected Publications
“When the Tenets of Composition Go Public: A Study of Writing in Wikipedia.” College Composition and Communication, forthcoming.
"Writing with Video: What Happens When Composition Comes Off the Page?" (with Maria Lovett, Katherine E. Gossett, Carrie A. Lamanna, and Joseph Squier). Reading (and Writing) New Media: A Collection of Essays and New Media. Ed. Jim Kalmbach and Cheryl E. Ball. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, forthcoming. One of four sample chapters sent to publishers.
"Digital Breadcrumbs: Case Studies of Online Research" (with Joyce R. Walker). Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 11.2 (Spring 2007). <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/11.2/binder.html?topoi/purdy-walker/index.htm>.
"Calling Off the Hounds: Technology and the Visibility of Plagiarism." Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 5.2 (2005): 275-295.
Also published in Teaching Composition: Background Readings. 3rd ed. Ed. T. R.
Johnson. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, forthcoming Nov. 2007.
"Taking It with You: Personal Reflections on Life 'After' the Writing Center." The Dangling Modifier 10.1 (Fall 2003). <http://www.ulc.psu.edu/Dangling_Modifier/Articles/oldArticles/Fall-2003_web-Taking_It_With_You.htm>.
Sample Unpublished Work
"Rules for Writers Using Visuals"
This online project examines how pedagogical materials used within composition instruct writers in the use of visuals and argues that these materials position the visual in service of the linguistic.