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Education

M.S. Foreign and Second Language, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ State University, 2012

Certificate of English Language Teaching for Adults (CELTA), Cambridge University, 2009

B.S.C Video Production, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University, 2006

Research Interests

Formative, self-reflective, and democratic models of education

English for Academic Purposes

Content-Based Instruction and Authentic Assessment

Teacher Action Research

Presentations and Awards

Butler, K. (November 21, 2024). AI Diaries: AI literacy and autonomy through experimentation and self-reflection. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ TESOL 2024 Conference, Columbus, OH.

Butler, K. (March 22, 2024). How to Approach AI Writing Tools: Ask Your Students. TESOL International 2024, Tampa, FL.

Butler, K. (March 22, 2024). Social Media Sleuths: A Critical Media Literacy Project. TESOL International 2024, Tampa, FL.

Butler, K. (February 17, 2023). The One-Room Schoolhouse: Teaching the Whole IEP in One Room. English USA PDC 2023, Online.

Butler, K. (February 18, 2022). Cameras on or off? A critical democratic approach. English USA PDC 2022, Online.

Butler, K., Challenger, R., & Schwartz, A. (2021, April 8). Strategies for leading an engaging synchronous class. Spotlight on Learning 2021, Athens, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.

Butler, K. (2020, January 24). Content-Based Instruction in the Pathway Program Context. English USA 2020, San Francisco, CA.

Butler, K. (2018, October 27). Authenticity, Validity, and Reliability in Assessments for Content-Based English Courses in University Pathway Programs. Classroom Assessment of Language Teaching (CALT), Athens, OH.

Butler, K., Hatfield, S. J., Hounshell, A., & Hatfield, J. R. (2018, October 12). Scaffolded Pathways to Success: Linking University Gen Ed Courses with Partnered ESL Classes. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ TESOL 2018, Columbus, OH.

Butler, K. (2018, March 28). Two-Minute Mindfulness: Making it a Regular Practice in Your Classroom. TESOL International 2018, Chicago, IL.

Butler, K., Coffelt, E., Reshad, A., & Schwartz, A. (2016, April 7). BYOD in an IEP: Beyond Borders of Conventional Classroom Technology. TESOL International 2016, Baltimore, MD.

Butler, K. (2016, April 6). Creating Flexible Materials in Google Drive. TESOL International 2016, Baltimore, MD.

Butler, C., & Butler, K. (2012, November 9). Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools into the Communicative Classroom. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ TESOL 2012, Columbus, OH.

Publications

Butler, K. (2024). The Process of Adopting AI in Writing Instruction. In Jennifer Recio Lebedev (Ed.), English with Jennifer ELT Blog.

Bikowski, D., Butler, K. P., Schwartz, A. P. (2023). Showing, Telling, and Sharing: Supporting Students Via Technology in Their Use Of Source Texts. In Rosemary Wette (Ed.), Teaching and learning source-based writing: Current perspectives and future directions. Routledge.

Butler, K. (2020). Authentic Assessment in a University Pathway Program. In E. White & T. Bucher Barbosa da Silva (Eds.), Classroom Assessment for Language Teaching: Challenges, Choices, and Consequences. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Simionescu, D., & Butler, K. (2018, December 1). Making Videos Made Easy. TESOL Connections.

Professional Memberships

TESOL International

English USA

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ TESOL

United Academics of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University

American Association of University Professors