Welcome to the Purdue Writing Lab

This page is brought to you by the Writing Lab at Purdue University. When printing this page, you must include the entire legal notice.

---

Copyright ©1995-2018 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use.

---

About Our Writing Lab Leadership

Writing Lab assistant directors organize many of the activities and service areas of the Writing Lab. The following is a list of all assistant director positions.

Assistant Directors

Graduate and undergraduate tutors have the opportunity to serve in a variety of administrative positions, which provide valuable professional development and experience. Current tutors in these positions are as follows:

• AD for Undergraduate Education: Isaac Wang & Mitch Hobza
• AD for Workshops and WAC: Elizabeth Geib
• AD for Multilingual Writing: Curtis Jewell & Sung Ae Kim
• AD for Content Development of Purdue OWL: Victoria "Eugie" Ruiz & Kim Broughton

Assistant Director for Undergraduate Education

The AD for Undergraduate education teaches a section of ENGL 390, a for-credit training course for prospective undergraduate tutors. The position works closely with Tammy in mentoring and training current tutors and keeping communication open between the different tutoring staffs. The AD for Undergraduate Education receives a negotiable amount of release time for teaching and other administrative responsibilities.

Assistant Director for Workshops and Writing Across the Curriculum

The AD for Workshops/WAC receives a negotiated amount of release time from tutoring to oversee in-Lab and in-class workshops.  This includes establishing a semester schedule of in-Lab workshops, communicating with instructors about workshop requests, filling workshop requests, and maintaining records and information about workshops. A good portion of this position requires the AD to communicate with faculty and with the Writing Lab Directors, since many workshop requests may not result in an actual workshop. Some requests may evolve into other WAC programs.

Assistant Director for Multilingual Writing

The AD for Multilingual Writing works on special projects related to multilingual writing meant to support those who work with multilingual writers. The position varies from year to year, depending on the interests and skills of the graduate student who occupies the position. The position may be either .25 FTE or .50 FTE.  It does not usually involve any tutoring hours.

Assistant Director for content development of purdue owl

The AD for Content Development sets and oversees content development priorities for the OWL by identifying needs for text, video, and other multimedia resources and by being mindful of diverse audiences. The AD updates existing content on the OWL, recruits, mentors and supervises content developers (graduate students and undergraduate), and oversees undergraduate staff in responding to queries and error reports from OWL users.The AD for Content Development provides support needs around research, engagement, and other projects as directed. This position also possess facility with (or an interest in) writing pedagogy, instructional design, and usability.

Multilingual Writing Coordinator

The ESL Coordinator updates and maintains ESL resource pages on the OWL and the in-lab library of ESL reference and self-study materials, guest lectures in training classes for writing consultants, responds to inquiries about ESL writing issues, and schedules and coordinates ESL conversation groups hosted by the Writing Lab. If you have any questions about the ESL services offered by the Writing Lab, please contact Associate Director Vicki Kennell.

Workshop Coordinator

The workshop and writing across the curriculum coordinator consults instructors across campus on writing instruction and organizes and staffs in-lab and in-class workshops. The in-lab workshops deal with popular writing concerns, like documenting sources and writing resumes and cover letters. Writing Lab consultants may also be available to facilitate an interactive workshop for a class or group on the Purdue West Lafayette campus on a case-by-case basis. The workshop coordinator will evaluate all requests and work with you to decide on next steps that meet your students' needs. Please contact Associate Director Tammy Conard-Salvo if you are interested in incorporating writing into your course or would like to request a workshop.

OWL Coordinator

The OWL Coordinator manages the content development of the OWL, handles requests for copyrights and other OWL-related questions, and works with other Writing Lab coordinators on OWL-related projects. Feel free to contact OWL Coordinator, Joseph Forte, with OWL feedback, suggestions, and requests for usage.

OWL Technical Coordinator / Webmaster

The OWL Technical Coordinator is also known as the OWL Webmaster. This person works on the site design, coding, and usability features and performs upgrades and maintenance on our OWL server. Contact OWL Webmaster, Tony Bushner, for technical feedback or site-related usability issues.

Business Writing Coordinator

The Business Writing Coordinator teaches the Business Writing Consultant training practicum for potential consultants and advises current Business Writing Consultants on tutoring practice and workshop development. Feel free to contact this coordinator to provide feedback on Business Writing resources and services. For more information, contact Business Writing Coordinator Beth Towle.

ENGL 106/Writing Lab Liaison

The English 106/Writing Lab Liaison fosters the ongoing relationship between the Introductory Composition Program at Purdue (ICaP) and serves as a member of the Introductory Writing Committee. If you are an instructor and would like more information regarding the Writing Lab and its services, or if you are interested in collaborating with a writing consultant in the Lab, please contact ENGL 106/Writing Lab Liaison Carrie Kancilia.