Peirce Edition Project
PROJECT STAFF
André De Tienne, Director and General Editor
(Professor of Philosophy). De Tienne administers the Project, writes grant proposals, raises funds, establishes work plans, oversees inter-university and international collaborations, and maintains contact with I.U. Press. He coordinates the reorganization and dating of manuscripts, finalizes the tables of contents, writes volume introductions, and prepares the volume by volume catalogues of Peirce's writings. He is in charge of the annotations (historical, explanatory, and bibliographical) for the volumes and of the bibliographical research. He is also responsible for the description and selection of alterations to be published in each volume, and for the preparation of the index.
317-274-2033
adetienn[at]iupui[dot]edu
Jonathan Eller, Textual Editor
(Professor of English). Eller traces text genealogies, supervises collations, selects copy-texts, edits Peirce texts according to guidelines deriving from standard textual theory, keeps the record of editorial interventions, and writes the essay on editorial method for each volume. The textual editor is the principal interpreter of modern textual theory for Project operations. He is also the Senior Textual Editor of the Institute for American Thought.
317-274-1451
jeller[at]iupui[dot]edu
April Witt, Assistant Textual Editor
(MA 2006, ABD, Comparative Literature). Witt assists Eller in collating texts, selecting copy-texts, editing Peirce texts, writing headnotes and textual notes, and keeping the record of editorial interventions. She keeps the Project's "Editorial Guide" up-to-date by recording new policies or modifying old ones according to the evolution of editorial practices in the face of changing textual situations. She is also in charge of illustrations.
317-274-2175
aiwitt[at]umail[dot]iu[dot]edu
Joseph Kaposta, Senior Editorial Associate, Technical
(MLS 1986). Kaposta works with Reynolds to provide accurate transcriptions of Peirce's writings, team-proofreads transcriptions, enters proofreaders' corrections and editorial emendations into transcribed text, types other apparatus-related textual matter, maintains and manages electronic files, both current and archived, helps implement new transcription technology, and assists in laying out the final critical print edition.
317-278-3373
jkaposta[at]iupui[dot]edu
David E. Pfeifer, Research Associate
(Professor of Philosophy). Pfeifer assists in identifying, recovering, and resequencing manuscripts from the Harvard archives in order to build the table of contents of given volumes.
317-278-2306
depfeife[at]iupui[dot]edu
Luise H. Morton, Research Associate
(Senior Lecturer in Philosophy). Morton assists in researching and writing annotations for the texts of volumes in progress.
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (2011-2012)
Philosophy graduate students Dereck Coatney and Michael Walden research closely the content of Peirce's texts selected for publication. They draft annotations that identify obscure proper names, provide the bibliographical sources of Peirce's quotations and paraphrases, and furnish cross-references to other relevant primary or secondary sources.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Martha Rujuwa, Principal Secretary
Rujuwa serves as general office manager for the Project and is in charge of all secretarial functions for PEP. She assists the Director with Project administration and oversees visiting researchers.
317-274-2173
mrujuwa[at]iupui[dot]edu
Megan Lizarme, Administrative Assistant
Liu provides administrative support and assists Rujuwa in fulfilling secretarial functions. She is the Institute for American Thought's administrative assistant.
317-274-2174
megliu[at]iupui[dot]edu