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Jamie Kathryn Butler
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.
Teaching Experience and Observations
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,
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,
November, 2010. Rosa Scott High School, (Madison, MS).
Led French I class.
Mentor teacher: Bridget Carmody,
November, 2010. Madison Central High School (Madison, MS).
Led and observed French II and French III classes.
Mentor teacher: Bridget Carmody,
English
September, 2012 – June, 2013. Université Lumière Lyon 2 (Bron, France).
Lecturer, designed and taught courses for English as a Foreign Language adults in First-year
Grammar and First- and Second-year Conversation.
Supervisor: Jim Walker,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
Tutoring Experience
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.
Professional Memberships and Honors
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
“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.
Academic References
Dr. Virginia Scott, , (615) 322-6900
Dr. Lynn Ramey, , (615) 322-6900
Dr. Lisa Pray, , (615) 615-343-6285
Devora Manier, , (615) 300-8100