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David Blakesley is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University where he also serves as the Director of the Professional Writing Program. His research interests are in rhetorical theory, visual rhetoric, multimedia writing, electronic publication, and film. He earned his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1990 in Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature.
His book, The Elements of Dramatism, was published in 2002. With Collin Brooke, he is 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 (http://www.parlorpress.com). The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film, was published in 2003 by Southern Illinois University Press. Forthcoming work includes his edited book with Julie Whitaker of Kenneth Burke's Late Poems, 1968-1993 (University of South Carolina Press, 2005) and, with Jeff Hoogeveen, The Thomson Handbook (July, 2006). From 1998-2003, 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 is presently the Web Developer for the Council of Writing Program Administrators. He is also the consulting editor for the KB Journal and the founder and moderator of the KB Discussion List and author of the Virtual Burkeian Parlor and the Kenneth Burke Bibliography and Archival Project.
