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Cara Putman

Cara Putman

Clinical Assistant Professor
Director Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Business
Law, Communication, and Ethics

Education

MBA Purdue University - honor scholar
JD George Mason School of Law - honors
BA University of Nebraska Lincoln - honors

CV

At the Daniels School of Business, Cara serves as the Director, Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Business and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Law, Communications and Ethics area. An award-winning member of the faculty, she teaches undergraduate and graduate core courses in business law, employment law, international law, business ethics, and corporate governance. In 2022 she was selected as one of Poet & Quant's Top 50 Undergraduate Professors and in 2021 she received the Krannert Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in Course Delivery. She has been nominated by Krannert for university wide awards in recognition of her teaching excellence and in 2023 was accepted into the University's Teaching Academy. She has taught the core graduate business law class since 2006, and journeyed to Germany to teach it in the summer of 2012. In addition she has led undergraduate study abroad experiences in Siena, Florence, and Rome.

Cara developed MGMT 331 the Development of EEOC Law as a cultural competency core class through the IMPACT grant process. With a focus on the landmark Supreme Court cases that have affected women in the workplace since the passage of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the class allows students to explore the law in a practical light. She also developed HONR 299, a leadership course, for the interdisciplinary students at the Honors College. 

Cara is a frequent recipient of Distinguished and Outstanding Teaching Awards from her students. In May 2021 she received the Krannert Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in course delivery.  She loves it when students follow her from class to class or ask to do an independent study with her. Becoming the inaugural School of Management Honors Director was a natural extension of the joy Cara finds in mentoring students. In this role, Cara built programs and networked across campus to smooth the Honors pathway for Krannert's top students. She is excited to take what she learned in that role to her expanded position as the Director of the Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Business. Students will often find her door open, an invitation to come in and talk about classes, grad school, or career plans. 

In August 2022, Cara was name an inaugural Scholarly Fellow at the John Martinhouse Honors College and in January 2023, she was named a Service Learning Fellow. Prior to this in June 2017, Cara was named the Senior Faculty Fellow for Hawkins Residence Hall. The Faculty Fellow program is Purdue's mentoring program that promotes a personalized experience for students through association with faculty on an informal basis outside the classroom and office.

Prior to teaching at Purdue, she also taught in the Legal Research and Writing program at George Mason University School of Law. She is also a frequent instructor at writing conferences around the country.

Cara is a honors graduate of Krannert School of Management's Weekend MBA, George Mason University School of Law, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln. After law school, she clerked for Judge Loren Smith at the Court of Federal Claims. She provided legal services as an attorney with Bennett Boehning & Clary until the summer of 2023 and is licensed to practice in Indiana and Virginia.

Conference Proceedings

  • Cara Putman (2023). Business Simulation created for Business Law. Presented at Lilly SOTL in Asheville, NC, August 2023, | Download Download Download |
  • Cara Putman (2023). Connecting: Your Story Matters (a Workbook for a 2 hour keynote presentation). | Download |
  • Cara Putman, Kelly Blanchard (2022). More Effectively Teaching Ethics at the Undergraduate Level. Presented at Lilly Original SOTL conference, Miami, Ohio. | Related Website | Download |

Book (edited)

  • Cara Putman (2023). Across the Shores: 4 novellas (I wrote one). Barbour Publishing, Ohio. | Related Website |
  • Cara Putman (2023). We Three Kings: 3 novellas (I wrote one). Kregel Publishing, Michigan. | Related Website |
  • Cara Putman (2021). Lethal Intent. Harper Collins Christian Publishing, Nashville, TN. 330. | Related Website |
  • Cara Putman (2020). Flight Risk. HCCP,
  • Putman, C. (2019). Till We Meet Again. Guidepost,
  • Goyer, T. & Putman. C. (2018). In the Fullness of Time: novella in collection. Guidepost,
  • Putman, C. (2018). Delayed Justice. Harper Collins Christian Publishing, | Related Website |
  • Putman, C. (2018). MMV #21. Guidepost,
  • Putman, C. (2018). Shark Bait. Guidepost,
  • Putman, C. (2017). Imperfect Justice, best-selling. Harper Collins Christian Publishing, | Related Website |
  • Goyer, T. & Putman. C. (2017). To Have & To Hold. Guidepost,
  • Goyer, T. & Putman. C. (2017). Making Waves. Guidepost,
  • Cara C Putman (2017). Beyond Justice. Harper Collins Christian Publishing, | Related Website |
  • Goyer, T. & Putman. C. (2016). Mason Jar Mayhem. Guidepost, | Related Website |
  • Goyer, T. & Putman. C. (2016). Blessed are the Cheesemakers. Guidepost,
  • Cara C Putman (2014). Mixed Motives. Guideposts,
  • Cara C Putman (2014). Where Treetops Glisten: White Christmas. Waterbrook/Random House,
  • Cara C Putman (2014). Shadowed by Grace, award-winning. B&H, | Related Website |
  • Cara C Putman (2013). Work In Progress. Guideposts,
  • Cara C Putman (2013). Waterfront Weddings (repackage). Barbour,
  • Cara C Putman (2012). Cherry Blossom Capers: Dying for Love. Barbour,
  • Cara C Putman (2012). A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island. Barbour,
  • Cara C Putman (2011). Ohio Brides (repackaged). Barbour,
  • Cara C Putman (2011). Squared Away. Guideposts,
  • Cara C Putman (2010). A Promise Forged. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara C Putman (2010). Stars in the Night. Summerside Press,
  • Cara C Putman (2010). Timeless Treasures. Guideposts,
  • Putman, Cara C. (2009). Complete Idiots Guide to Business Law. Alpha Books, Indiana.
  • Cara C Putman (2009). Trial by Fire. Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin),
  • Cara C Putman (2009). A Promise Kept. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara C Putman (2009). Cornhusker Dreams (repackaged). Barbour,
  • Cara C Putman (2009). A Promise Born. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara C Putman (2008). Sandhill Dreams. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara C Putman (2008). Deadly Exposure. Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin),
  • Cara C Putman (2008). Captive Dreams. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara C Putman (2007). Canteen Dreams. Heartsong Presents,
  • Cara Putman speaking with a student

    Creating Confident Leaders

    Purdue University’s Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Management prepares tomorrow’s pioneers

    Full story: Creating Confident Leaders

  • Camp goers
    Empowering Women in Business
    Summer program earns high marks from participants
  • Cara Putman
    Cara Putman named new director of Brock-Wilson Center
    Cara Putman, a clinical assistant professor in business law, communications and ethics, is the new director of the Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Management. Putman brings her reputation as a highly effective instructor and student mentor in Krannert's undergraduate program to oversee the growth and enrichment of the Brock-Wilson Center’s portfolio of programming, which emphasizes gender and diversity issues in the workplace.
  • Krannert honors two faculty members with KATE Awards
    The school recently recognized two winners of the Krannert Alumni Teaching Excellence, or KATE, Awards, which are selected by a committee of four faculty members and five graduating seniors.
  • Cara Putman
    Making Dreams a Reality: Cara Putman
    Cara Putman is not your average woman. She does it all. From spending time with her family, a busy career in law, writing novels, and teaching graduate classes in business law at Purdue, it seems like there would be no time for taking MBA classes. But that hasn’t stopped Cara from excelling in Krannert's Weekend MBA program.

Teaching Academy Fellow

Fellows are tenure-track faculty, clinical/professional faculty, lecturers, and senior lecturers who have distinguished themselves in teaching and were nominated by the Schools/Colleges and selected by the Executive Council of the Academy.

Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Professors of 2021

You can learn more here: https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/2021-best-undergraduate-professors-cara-putman-krannert-school-of-management-purdue-university/

Nominated: Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers

The nominee from the School of Managment for this university award. Up to two are awarded per year.

Krannert Oustanding Undergraduate Teacher, honorable mention

An award received by a vote of the graduating seniors. One faculty member is selected, and three are recognized as Honorable Mentions.

Krannert Oustanding Undergraduate Teacher, honorable mention

An award received by a vote of the graduating seniors. One faculty member is selected, and three are recognized as Honorable Mentions.

Krannert Alumni Teaching Excellence in Course Delivery

Selected based on my work to unify and develop MGMT 254, the undergraduate business law course, while also mentoring up to six adjuncts per semester.

University Grievance Committee (2023-current)

Clinical & Lecturer Committee (2022-2023)

Elected to serve on this committee which is evaluating the processes for promotion and retention.

Faculty Governance Committee (2021-current)

Elected by peers to serve on this committee.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2021-current)

Managment Restructuring Committee (2021-2022)

Appointed to this committee that was tasked with making recommendations to the Department Head and Dean on the future of the Managment Department. Participated in interviews with Assistant and Associate Deans Business Schools across the Big Ten and other peer schools.

MBA redesign sprint (2021)

Part of a two-day sprint designed to strategize outside the box on what the MBA could become.

  • MGMT 254 (multiple)
  • MGMT 331 (Spring)
  • MGMT 536 (Spring)
  • MGMT 590 (Spring)
  • MGMT 634 (Fall)
  • MGMT 690 (Fall)
  • MGMT 63410 (Fall)
  • HONR 299 (multiple)
  • HONR 399 (Fall)

Contact

cputman@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 494-2593
Office: KRAN 357

Quick links

Personal website

Area(s) of Expertise

Employment Law, Cost of Government Regulations, Property Rights Contracting in an International Environment