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Donna Bain Butler

abozav@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Second Language Education and Culture 2010

Additional emphasis: Research Design

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

College of Education

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

United States

Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 1997

American University

Washington, DC

United States

Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language 1993

Humber College

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

French Language and Civilization 1980

Universite Paris Sorbonne -Paris IV

Paris, France

French Phonetics 1980

Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle -Paris III, Centre Censier

Paris, France

Coursework for Master of Arts in Literature 1976

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English 1974

Nathaniel Hawthorne College

Antrim, New Hampshire

United States

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Academic Legal Writing Specialist2000present

International Legal Studies Program

Washington College of Law (WCL

)

American University

Washington, DC

Courses designed and taught:

Academic Legal Writing (formative assessment, credit course) fall and spring, 2010 -

present

Advanced Legal Writing (English for Academic Purposes) fall and spring, 2006 -2010

Legal English; English for Lawyers (English for Specific Purposes) fall and spring, 2000-

2007

Ritsumeikan Washington Seminar, legal English seminar, once yearly in August

Summer Legal English Institute (SLEI), 5-day; 3 week intensive English language program

2009-

International, U.S. Legal English

Invited professor; adapted and implemented the WCL SLEI 4-day program, spring 2010

at Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota, Colombia

http://www.usergioarboleda.edu.co/derecho/legal_english_institute.htm

Co-Teacher with Dr. Rebecca Oxford, Professor Emerita2008Second Language Education and CultureDepartment of Curriculum and InstructionUniversity of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

Course planned and taught:

EDCI 788L, Learning Strategies and Technology for Language and Content Learning, fall

Doctoral Apprentice for Dr. Rebecca Oxford 2007

Department of Curriculum and InstructionUniversity of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

Course planned and taught:

EDCI 788G, Learning Styles, Strategies, and Cultures, spring

Adjunct Lecturer19972000English Language Institute

American University

Washington, DC

Types of courses designed and taught:

College English (credit) and English for Academic Purposes (non-credit), fall and spring

Intensive English for Japanese trade students, Ritsumeikan University, summer

English for Specific Purposes for Italian police officers, School of Public Affairs,

summer

Full-TimeLecturer1992-1995

Intensive English Language Programs

George Brown College

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Full range of courses taught:

Government sponsored, 8-week, day programs for newcomers to Canada, year-long

Adjunct Lecturer1992-1995Sheridan College

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Courses designed and taught:

Business English, evening (non-credit), fall and spring

College English, evening (credit), fall and spring

Canadian Cooperant1981-1982

Centre d etude et de cooperation internationale (CECI)

Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Note: This is a not-for-profit organization fighting poverty and exclusion in the

developing world.

Courses designed and taught:

English for bilingual students in secondary school, year-long

Cross-cultural Teacher Training, year-long

Full-TimeTeacher1976-1979York House School

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Courses designed and taught:

English Language and Literature, grades 9 through 12, year-long

Drama, grades 9 through 12, year-long

International Baccalaureate English, grade 12, year-long, 1979

Implemented English for Academic Purposes course for ESL students from

Hong Kong preparing for university entrance in Canada and the U.S., year-long (1979)

Educational Work Experience Non-Teaching

U.S. Faculty Advisor assisting foreign Fellows in achieving fellowship goals 2002-2003;

2010

Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP)

American Councils for International Education

Washington, D.C.

Advising duties:

Advisor to Russian Junior Faculty Fellow in Legal English (2002-2003)

Advisor to Georgian Junior Faculty Fellow in English for Legal Purposes and Linguistics

(

2010)

APPEAL Advisor, Conference Scholarship Committee 2008 present

Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL):

an organization dedicated to promoting the exchange of ideas, information, and resources

about the

teaching of legal writing and effective advocacy among academics in the U S and Africa.

Advising duties:

To work with the fundraising committee to determine the number of scholarships

available to bring African academics to Legal Writing Institute (LWI) conferences

and to administer an application process for those scholarships.

Oral Proficiency Tester (OPT) English, Language Services Unit 1998-2004

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Justice, Washington,

D.C.

Testing duties:

Conducted customized English language tests for U.S. government employees over 5 year

period

Administrative / Business Experience Non-Teaching

Corporate Consultants contingency firm in Toronto, Canada

specializing in the recruitment of professionals in Accounting and Finance. 1991-1992

Contribution as a commission-sales Consultant:

? identified a need in a previously undeveloped industry

? $60 K in new business first 12 months during recession

? consistently met bonus requirements through company presentations

to create more business

Revlon Canada Inc. Toronto, Canada 1990

National product Manager hired to launch new product line, Ultima II

Contributions, duties:

? revised and developed 5 seasonal promotional programs w/ supporting retail store events

? directed all marketing activities related to national sales of Ultima II cosmetics

Birks Jewelers Montreal, Canada, head office 1982-1989National Marketing Manager, Retail Jewelry Group, diamond engagement rings (DERs)

Contributions, duties:

? developed, organized, and implemented in-store marketing program for DERs resulting

in dramatic retail and wholesale sales increases

? established short and long-term financial goals operating with $9 million annual

budgets

? responsible for financial control and operations of wholesale DER department

Certificates / Certification Teaching

Certificate of Recognition in graduate research and participation in the University

of Maryland College of Education Graduate Research Day 2009

Certificate confirming participation in the First Annual Workshop on the Learning

and Teaching of Foreign Language to the Near-Native level of Proficiency,

Coalition of Distinguished Language Centers, Washington Branch for

Instruction at Howard University 2003

Certificate confirming Basic Speaking Proficiency Test Training in English,

Federal Bureau of Investigation Language Services Section, Applied Linguist,

Language Training and Assessment Unit 1999

Laubach Literacy Action Volunteer Tutor Workshop Certificate of Completion,

The Literacy Council of Frederick Co., Inc. 1995

Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language 1993

Certificate of Appreciation for accomplishment and unselfish services rendered

to the Montreal J.C.I. Senate Club 1986

Certificat D'Appreciation, XXXIXe Congrcs Mondial JCI, Montreal 1984

Publications

Writing and Plagiarism: A Linguistic Analysis]. Retrieved May 24, 2011 from LINGUIST List

database http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2179.html

Digital Dissertation

Bain Butler, D. (2010, November 13). How L2 legal writers use strategies for scholarly

writing:

A mixed methods study. ProQuest Publication 3426989, URL address

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-

2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:

3426989

Bain Butler, D. (2010, May). How L2 legal writers use strategies for scholarly writing: A

mixed methods study. Abstract retrieved May 21, 2010 from LINGUIST List issue database

http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-2288.html

Articles Published

Bain Butler, D. (2012). Essential legal skills: Legal writing from an academic

perspective. Journal of

the Russian Academy of Legal Sciences, RUSSIAN LAW: THEORY AND PRACTICE, Issue No.1.

Bain Butler, D. (2011). From the desk of the legal writing specialist: Use metacognitive

strategies

to promote learning and advance writing proficiency. [Electronic version]. The Second

Draft, 25, 18-

21. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://www.lwionline.org/the_second_draft.html

Bain Butler, D. (2006). Legal English without plagiarizing: Language that works.

International Legal

Studies (ILSP) Global Network, 16(1), 13.

Bain Butler, D. (2005). Language that works: In a teacher's voice. WATESOL News, 35(4), 8

Bain Butler, D. (2002). Interview with visiting scholar Marina Ageyeva, Udmurt State

University, Russia.

WATESOL News, 33(10), 7.

Bain Butler, D. (2001). Our work is with culture and communication in all its macro and

micro forms.

TESOL Matters.

Manuscripts under Review

Bain Butler, D. (submitted 2/13/12, # 5110-2l). Critical Literacy for International Legal

Studies,

Academic Exchange Quarterly, Summer 2012, Vol. 16, Issues 2, print/paper issue

publication.

Bain Butler, D., Wei, M. & Zhou, Y. (submitted 12/ 21/11). When the Culture of Teaching

and Learning

Plays a Role in Academic English Writing. ESP Across Cultures vol. 9 (2012).

Revise/resubmit 3/12

Bain Butler, D. (submitted 11/4/11). Exploring boundaries for legal writing in second

language English.

Journal of Legal Writing, Volume 18.

Bain Butler, D. (submitted 11/3/11). The graduate student shift from writer-centered

drafting to reader-

centered communication: A mixed methods study. Journal of Writing Research, xx (x). pp. 1-

20.

Keywords: English as an academic lingua franca; cognitive and social-cultural processes;

formative

assessment; second language (L2) writing; writing strategies

Bain Butler, D., Sapozhnikova-Trosclair, E. (submitted 6/13/11). Teaching and Leaning

Legal English

Using Needs Analysis. Specialists article from Sixth Global Legal Studies Conference

presentation,

Teaching legal English without teaching law. Proceedings to be published by Carolina

Academic Press.

Bain Butler, D., Oxford, R., Ma, R., & Wei, M. (submitted 5/09). Apprentices become

expert

professionals in language teacher education using L2D-TEAM as a framework. Co-authored

article for

Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century: 6th International Conference on

Language

Teacher Education Proceedings.

Manuscripts in Progress

Bain Butler, D. (2012). Research monograph with theoretical framework focusing on

integration of

learning strategies with writing processes and their applications to instruction.

Proposal rewrite and

resubmission to Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education, De Gruyter Mouton,

Germany.

Bain Butler, D. (2012). International Graduate Students Guide to Scholarly (Academic)

Legal Writing

based on research monograph proposal: Strategic Self-Control in Scholarly Writing. This

proposed

textbook, for use by teachers and a self-help book for students, is meant to help

international students

and legal writers from around the world write effective research papers and journal

articles for

publication in internationally refereed journals.

Co-authored empirical research article(s), AU IRB (2011, January). Foreign Graduate

Students

Perceptions of Academic English Writing. This cross-cultural research discloses what may

be needed

for the acquisition of academic literacy by culturally distanced English language

learners who choose

to study in the U.S. (academic legal) English medium.

Conference Presentations

Invited Presentations

Oxford, R., Bain Butler, D., Wei, M., and Ma, R. (May, 2009). Professionalizing future

language

teacher educators: Apprenticeships in action. Invited symposia for Preparing Language

Teachers for

the 21 Century: Sixth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, George

Washington

University, Washington, D.C.

Bain Butler, D. (January, 2003). Moderated for field of English for Specific Purposes

(ESP) at the

Junior Faculty Development Program's mid-year conference, American Councils for

International Education (ACIE), Washington, D.C.

National and International Presentations (Peer reviewed before accepted)

Bain Butler, D., Wei, M. & Zhou, Y. (March 30, 2012). Cultural Influence in Academic

English Writing:

An International Perspective at the TESOL International Convention in Philadelphia, PA,

USA.

Bain Butler, D. (March 10, 2012). Engaging and Assessing Our Students at the Second

Annual Capital

Area Legal Writing Conference, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. March

9th

Participant in the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Scholars Forum.

Bain Butler, D. (January 12, 2011). Co-chaired panel discussion of Writing Across the

Disciplines:

Managing Differing Expectations at American University s 2012 Ann Ferren Teaching

Conference in Washington, D.C.

Bain Butler, D. & Sapozhnikova-Trosclair, Y. (May 6, 2011). Presented Teaching Legal

English

Without Teaching Law: A Global EFL/ESL Perspective at the Sixth Global Legal Studies

Conference,

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (February 26, 2011). Presented A Transformational Model for Teaching and

Learning Legal Writing (To Avoid Plagiarism) at the Capital Area Legal Writing

Conference,

George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. Feb. 25 Participant in the

Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Scholars Forum.

Bain Butler, D. (February 17, 2011). Presented mixed methods study, How L2 Legal Writers

Use

Strategies for Scholarly Writing, at the Writing Research Across Borders 11 Conference,

George Mason University, Washington, D.C.

Bain Butler, D. (January 7, 2011). Co-chaired panel discussion of Academic Research and

Writing Across Disciplines at American University s 2011 Ann Ferren Teaching

Conference in Washington, D.C.

Bain Butler, D. (December 4, 2010). Presented Research-Based Tools for Developing Writers

Professional Levels of Writing Proficiency at the 8 Annual CDLC Conference on Teaching

and Learning to Near-Native Levels of Language Proficiency in Linthicum, MD, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (November 3, 2010). Presented Progress through Professionalism in Writing

and

Instruction at the 2010 WATESOL Fall Convention at University of Maryland, College Park.

Bain Butler, D. (June 11, 2010). Presented Socialization into Academic Legal Writing in a

U.S.

Law School WALP Course at the 6 Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse,

Department of Applied Linguistics/ESL, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (December, 2009). Presented Strategic Competence in Scholarly Legal

Writing at

the Level of Professional Proficiency or Higher at the 7 Annual Conference of the

Coalition

for Distinguished Language Centers in Linthicum Heights, MD, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (June, 2009). Presented Strategic Competence for Professional Proficiency

Scholarly Second Language (L2) Legal Writing at the Global Legal Skills Conference IV,

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC.

Bain Butler, D. (April, 2009). Presented Language Educator Apprenticeship Model (L-TEAM)

st th

with advisor and peers for Preparing Language Teachers for the 21 C, 6 International

Conference on Language Teacher Education at The George Washington University,

Washington, DC.

Bain Butler, D. (April, 2009). Presented A Mixed Methods Study: Second Language Education

and Culture at the Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College

Park,

MD. Winner: 2nd prize in education.

Bain Butler, D. (February, 2009). Presented Strategic Competence for Professional

Proficiency in

Scholarly Second Language (L2) Legal Writing: A Mixed Methods Study at Maryland TESOL

Conference, Innovations in Teaching English, in Baltimore, MD.

Bain Butler, D. (December, 2008). Presented on Metacognition and the Distinguished

Language

Learner as an invited panelist discussing Learner Variables at Distinguished Levels of

Proficiency at the Annual Conference of the Coalition for Distinguished Language Centers

Linthicum Heights, MD, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (May, 2007). Co-presented A Practical Guide to Legal English: Tools for

Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the International Legal Studies Program at American

University s Washington College of Law at the Second Biennial Global Skills Conference

2007, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, USA.

Bain Butler, D. (February, 2007). Presented Linking Cultures of Learning and Dialects of

English

in Legal Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education 2007 Student Research

Conference, "Emerging Perspectives in Education," at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Bain Butler, D. (October, 2006). Presented Second Language Writing: A Tool for Change at

the

Fourth Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning Languages to Native-Like Levels of

Proficiency, co-sponsored by CDLC and ACIE, Washington, DC.

Bain Butler, D. & Cotter, E. (May, 2006). Co-conducted a professional development

workshop,

Let s Put Some Thought Into It: Critical Literacy and Academic English, for Washington

Area

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other languages (WATESOL) Higher Education

Significant Interest Group (SIG), at Catholic University, Washington, DC.

Bain Butler, D. (April, 2006). Presented Using English to Construct New Knowledge When

Writing Research: Advanced Academic English at the 5 Annual Graduate Student

Research Symposium, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland,

College Park, MD, USA.

Bain Butler, D. & Carter, K. (October, 2005). Co-presented Some Tools for Speeding up

Proficiency and Production in High Level Learners at the Third Annual Symposium on

Teaching and Learning Languages to Native-Like Levels of Proficiency, co-sponsored by the

Coalition of Distinguished Language Centers (CDLC) and ACIE, Washington, DC.

Bain, D. (April, 1997). Presented Modal Madness at the Student Research Conference,

Department of Language and Foreign Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, American

University, Washington, DC.

Service

American University s Ann Ferren Teaching Conference Planning Committee 2012-2013

Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Association of Writing Specialists 2008 present

Membership Secretary, WATESOL 1998-2000

Fall Convention advisor, Washington Area Teachers of English to

Speakers of Other Languages (WATESOL) 1999

Laubach Literacy Action volunteer and consultant, Frederick Literacy Council 1995-2001

Montreal Junior Chamber International (J.C.I.) Senate Club 1986

Awards and Honors

Fulbright Specialists Roster (ID #17715) Applied Linguistics/TEFL2011- present

Nominated by the College of Education for the University of Maryland 2011

Distinguished Dissertation Award

The dissertation was invited for submission to the global 2010 Christopher Brumfit 2010

Ph.D./Ed.D. Thesis Award Competition, sponsored by Cambridge University Press

and one of Cambridge s premier internationally refereed journals, Language Teaching.

$400 Prize for Educational Research Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction 2009

Day (GRID), University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Golden Key International Honor Society validated by University of Maryland 2008

$10,000 Scholarship, Massey Foundation Award for outstanding achievement by 1996

Canadian citizens studying at American University, Washington, D.C.

Scholarship award for English, Nathaniel Hawthorne College, New Hampshire 1974

Languages

Native speaker of English, Second language speaker of French, French-based Creole, Latin

Cross-Cultural Experience

Lived and worked as a teaching professional in Canada, France, Seychelles, the United

States

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