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David Blakesley is Professor of English at Purdue University where he also serves as the Director of the Professional Writing Program. In 2007-2008, he is also a member of Purdue's Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy with Discovery Park. His research interests are in rhetorical theory, visual rhetoric, multimedia writing, digital and print publishing, and film. He earned his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1990 in Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature.
He has authored, co-authored, or edited five books: The Elements of Dramatism (Longman, 2002), The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film (SIUP, 2003, 2007), Late Poems, 1968-1993 by Kenneth Burke (University of South Carolina Press, 2005), The Thomson Handbook, and The Brief Thomson Handbook (Thomson / Wadsworth, 2008). His articles have appeared in WPA: Writing Program Administration, JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory, The Writing Instructor, Kairos, and numerous other journals and anthologies.
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With Collin Brooke, he was the co-editor of the special issue of Enculturation on Visual Rhetoric published in January 2002. In November, 2002, he launched an independent scholarly publishing company, Parlor Press, which has since published 50 titles in rhetoric and composition and related areas, involving more than 200 authors and 14 series editors. From 1998 to 2003, he edited the Rhetorical Philosophy and Theory Series (Southern Illinois University Press) and now is the general editor and publisher, with Dawn Formo, of The Writing Instructor. He served as Web Developer for the Council of Writing Program Administrators and KB Journal from 2004 to 2008. In 1998 he founded and has since moderated the Kenneth Burke Discussion List.
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