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Jamie Kathryn Butler [email protected] my.vanderbilt.edu/jamiegandy
Education
Degree in progress Ph.D. French; Second Language Acquisition. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). Expected Graduation Date: May, 2016.
Degrees earned M.A. French Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). May, 2012.
B.A. French (English minor). B.A. English (Math minor). Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi (Oxford). May, 2010.
Exchange program Université Catholique de l’Ouest (Angers, France). AY 2008-9.
Work Experience
August, 2014 – May, 2015. Vanderbilt University Center for Second Language Studies (Nashville, TN). Program Assistant: Work collaboratively with stakeholders of CSLS; organize receipts and compile travel reimbursements for visiting speakers, affiliated faculty, and graduate students; organize social events; manage CSLS communications; oversee CSLS facility and equipment. Academic Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected]
French August, 2013 – Present. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). French 102 instructor: teach beginner French courses to undergraduate students and create exams. Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] Summer 2014. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). Assistant Course Coordinator: developed syllabi, calendar, rubrics, exams, online assignments and homework assignments for French introductory language courses. Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] Fall, 2013. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). Teaching assistant: assisted professor in course on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, a service course for graduate students teaching a foreign language. Professor: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected]
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Summer, 2012. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). Assistant to the Course Coordinator: developed syllabi, calendar and homework assignments for French introductory language courses. Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] August, 2011 – May, 2012. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). French 101a and 101b instructor: taught beginner French courses to undergraduate students and created exams. Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] August, 2013 – Present. September, 2011 – May, 2012; Spring, 2011. Preston Taylor Ministries (Nashville, TN). Volunteer: plan and teach beginner French class for at-risk elementary students. Organize lessons for French language student volunteers from Tennessee State University to lead. Director: Chan Sheppard, [email protected]
English September, 2012 – June, 2013. Université Lumière Lyon 2 (Bron, France). Lecturer: designed and taught courses in English Grammar and Conversation for first- year English majors. Supervisor: Jim Walker, [email protected] Summer, 2011. Nashville State Community College (TN). Adjunct instructor: designed and taught course for English as a Second Language adults in Beginner-Intermediate Conversation. Supervisor: Connie Mathews, [email protected] Spring, 2011. Nashville State Community College (TN). Student practicum: planned and taught lessons for English as a Second Language adults in Beginner-Intermediate Grammar, Beginner-Intermediate Conversation, and Intermediate Writing. Mentor teacher: Devora Manier, [email protected] August, 2013 – Present. August, 2010 – May, 2012. Preston Taylor Ministries (Nashville, TN). Volunteer: lead at-risk elementary students in reading lessons, math lessons, and homework assignments. Director: Chan Sheppard, [email protected] September, 2008 – May, 2009. English Language Library in Angers (France). Volunteer: assisted in teaching French children English using songs, crafts and stories. Director: Phoebe Marshall-Raimbeau, [email protected] October, 2008 – April, 2009. Lycée Saint Martin (Angers, France). Volunteer: led weekly English Club to practice conversational English with French high school students. Teacher: Françoise Placé, [email protected]
Other Qualifications
Spring, 2014. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). Completed one-semester seminar in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
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Awards Received
$5000 Dissertation Research Grant, Department of French and Italian, Vanderbilt University, 2014.
Professional Memberships and Honors
American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators (AAUSC). American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Modern Languages Association (MLA). National Merit Finalist (Academic scholarship competition). Phi Beta Kappa (National Academic Honor Society, liberal arts and sciences). Phi Kappa Phi (National Academic Honor Society, all-discipline). Pi Delta Phi (National Honor Society, French). Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association (TFLTA).
Contributions to the Profession
March, 2011. Joined Dr. Virginia M. Scott (Vanderbilt University) in discussion with administration and board of St. Bernard Academy regarding foreign language learning in elementary and middle school (Nashville, TN).
Publications
“Pease, Allison. Modernism, Mass Culture, and the Aesthetics of Obscenity. (Book Review).” AmeriQuests 8(1): 2011.
Papers Presented
“‘Igniting the vision’: Guiding students to imagine the ideal L2 self.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference (San Antonio, TX), 2014. Co-presented with Dr. Virginia Scott. “Second Language Learning in Elementary Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap.” Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Conference (Nashville), 2011. “Reading Nancy Armstrong in Racine’s Andromaque.” Sarah Isom Center’s Gender Studies Conference (Oxford, MS), 2010.
Tutoring Experience
Servant and Leadership Training (SaLT) (Nashville, TN): General tutoring, college test prep and mentoring of at-risk high school students. Private tutoring sessions (Nashville, TN): Beginner French (middle and high school students), Reading (elementary student). Kaplan Test Prep (Ridgeland, MS): ACT. Cotten Tutoring, LLC (Oxford, MS): French I, Comp I, Spanish I, and Physics I.
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Academic References
Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] , (615) 322-6900 Dr. Lynn Ramey, [email protected] , (615) 322-6900 Dr. Lisa Pray, [email protected] , (615) 615-343-6285 Devora Manier, [email protected] , (615) 300-8100