<p>1 Butler CV 1/13 Jamie Kathryn Butler [email protected] my.vanderbilt.edu/jamiegandy</p><p>Education</p><p>Degree in progress Ph.D. French; Second Language Acquisition. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). Expected Graduation Date: May, 2016.</p><p>Degrees earned M.A. French Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). May, 2012.</p><p>B.A. French (English minor). B.A. English (Math minor). Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi (Oxford). May, 2010.</p><p>Exchange program Université Catholique de l’Ouest (Angers, France). AY 2008-9.</p><p>Teaching Experience and Observations</p><p>French August, 2011 – May, 2012. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). French instructor, taught beginner French courses to undergraduate students and constructed exams. Director: Dr. Virginia Scott, [email protected] September, 2011 – May, 2012; January, 2011 – May, 2011. Preston Taylor Ministries (Nashville, TN). Plan and teach beginner French class for inner-city elementary students. Director: Chan Sheppard, [email protected] November, 2010. Rosa Scott High School, (Madison, MS). Led French I class. Mentor teacher: Bridget Carmody, [email protected] November, 2010. Madison Central High School (Madison, MS). Led and observed French II and French III classes. Mentor teacher: Bridget Carmody, [email protected] 2 Butler CV 1/13</p><p>English September, 2012 – June, 2013. Université Lumière Lyon 2 (Bron, France). Lecturer, designed and taught courses in Grammar and Conversation for first-year English majors. Supervisor: Jim Walker, [email protected] June, 2011 – August, 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] January, 2011 – May, 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, 2010 – May, 2011. Preston Taylor Ministries (Nashville, TN). Led elementary boys in reading lesson in the fall; led elementary girls in math lesson in the spring. Director: Chan Sheppard, [email protected] September, 2008 – May, 2009. English Language Library in Angers (France). 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). Led weekly English Club to practice conversational English with French high school students. Teacher: Françoise Placé, [email protected]</p><p>Tutoring Experience</p><p>Servant and Leadership Training (SaLT) (Nashville, TN): General tutoring, college test prep and mentoring of inner-city high school students. Private tutoring sessions (Nashville, TN): Beginner French (6th and 9th grade students), Reading (3rd grade student). Kaplan Test Prep (Ridgeland, MS): ACT. Cotten Tutoring, LLC (Oxford, MS): French I, Comp I, Spanish I, and Physics I.</p><p>Professional Memberships and Honors</p><p>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). 3 Butler CV 1/13</p><p>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).</p><p>Publications</p><p>“Pease, Allison. Modernism, Mass Culture, and the Aesthetics of Obscenity. (Book Review).” AmeriQuests 8(1): 2011.</p><p>Papers Presented</p><p>“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. </p><p>Academic References</p><p>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</p>