James Purdy (scholar)

James P. Purdy is an American scholar of writing and rhetoric. He is a professor of English/Writing Studies at Duquesne University[1][2] and director of its writing center, and serves on the editorial board of Computers and Composition: An International Journal and Writing Spaces, an open educational resource for postsecondary writing education.[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). He has authored and co-authored articles on writing, intellectual property, research, pedagogy, and Wikipedia. His article "Valuing Digital Scholarship: Exploring the Changing Realities of Intellectual Work," co-authored with Joyce R. Walker, received the Ellen Nold Award for the Best Article in Computers and Composition Studies in 2011. He was also the recipient, in 2008, of the Kairos Best Webtext Award, for "Digital Breadcrumbs: Case Studies of Online Research" (also co-authored with Joyce R. Walker).[4]

Co-authored books

  • The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Sponsors, and Academic Knowledge-Making (with Karen J. Lunsford). New York: Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9781032400921
  • Are We There Yet? Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education–Twenty Years Later (with Jennifer Marlow). Logan, CO: Utah State University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64642-240-1

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. ISBN 978-1-57387-475-5.[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. ISBN 978-1-57387-495-3.[8][9][10]
  • The Future Scholar: Researching and Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy (with Randall McClure). Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2016. ISBN 978-157387530-1.[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.

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Purdy". Duquesne University. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Uses of Generative AI in the Assessment of Learning Explored in Jan. 19 Panel". University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Editorial Board – Writing Spaces". Retrieved 2026-04-16.
  4. ↑ "James P. Purdy, Ph.D." www.duq.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
  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). Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  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. doi:10.1080/15228959.2015.997173. ISSN 1522-8959. S2CID 54122931.
  9. ↑ "The Next Digital Scholar (review)". Kirkus Reviews. July 2014.
  10. ↑ Calvert, Philip (2015). "The Next Digital Scholar (review)". The Electronic Library. 33 (3): 605–606. doi:10.1108/EL-11-2014-0206. ISSN 0264-0473.
  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. doi:10.1080/15228959.2017.1376421. S2CID 196131332.
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