Department of English & Humanities
Ms. Lori Butler
Instructor
Health Sciences
Room 247A
918-343-7732
lbutler@rsu.edu
Course Web Pages
Education
M.A., English
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
1996
B.S.E., English
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
1994
A.A., Education
Rogers State College, Claremore, OK
1990
Accreditations
Professional Experience
August 2006-Present
Instructor, English and Humanities
Developmental Studies Liaison
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
- Courses Teaching: Basic Writing, Essay Writing, Composition I and II and Developmental Reading I
August 2004-August 2006
Instructor, Communications and Fine Arts (one year appointment)
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
- Courses taught: Composition I and II
January 2003-May 2004
Adjunct Instructor
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
- Courses taught: College Experience and Composition I and II
June 2000-May 2001
Placement Counselor/Teacher, Adult Education Program
Jonesboro Public Schools, Jonesboro, AR
- Responsibilities: testing and placement of adult learners to assist them in obtaining a G.E.D.
August 1998-May 2002
Temporary Full-time Instructor
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- Courses taught: Freshman Composition I and II, World Literature, and online sections of Freshman Composition II that I developed
August 1996-August 1998
Adjunct Instructor
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- Courses taught: Writing Tutorial, Freshman Composition I and II, and World Literature
August 1996-May 1998
Adjunct Instructor (first year)
Administrative Testing Coordinator (second year)
Center for English as a Second Language
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- Responsibilities: writing and administering tests to incoming international students to assess levels for placement as well as assist with enrollment and student visas
- Courses taught: Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking English classes at all six levels
August 1996-May 1997
Adjunct Instructor
East Arkansas Community College, Forrest City, AR
- Courses taught: Freshman Composition I and II, World Literature I and II
May 1995-August 1995
Adjunct Instructor
Delta Technical Institute, Marked Tree, AR
- Courses taught: Freshman Composition I and II
January 1995-August 1996
Graduate Assistant, English and Philosophy Department
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- Courses taught: Writing Tutorial, Freshman Composition I and II
Course Development
- Developed new course entitled Essay Writing, RSU, 2006-2007
- Developed Basic Writing I for online course, RSU, 2007
- Developed new curriculum and testing for Basic Writing I, RSU, 2006
- Developed an online Composition II class for Arkansas State University, 2001-2002
- Developed materials for various levels of courses within the realm of teaching English as a Second Language, 1996-1998, Jonesboro, AR
Community Involvement
- Board member of the Claremore Symphony League, August 2007- Present
- Treasurer for the Executive Board of the William W. Barnes Children’s Advocacy Center, April 2007-Present
- Vice President of the Westside Parent Teacher Organization, August 2007-Present
- Board Member for the Westside Parent Teacher Organization, August 2006-May 2007
- Board Member of Friends of the Library, May 2006- Present
- Board Member and Chair of the Art and Essay Contest for Claremore Reads Together (a One Book, One Community project)—help with book selection committee as well as judge and oversee the contest portion of this organization, April 2006-Present
- Served as Coordinator for the SAFE Jonesboro Coalition/SAFE KIDS of NEA in Jonesboro, AR (responsibilities included writing grant proposals, organizing events, finding volunteers, teaching volunteers safety procedures, and working with community fire, police, and rescue to provide opportunities for Craighead County as well as five other counties in Northeast Arkansas), June 1999-July 2002
Professional Activities
- Currently serving on assessment for Developmental Studies, Capstone for BALA, Taskforce for Meet the Majors
- Parliamentarian for Faculty Senate, RSU, 2007-Present
- Administrator in Center for English as a Second Language, Jonesboro, AR, 1996-1998
- Committee member of Delta Blues Symposium, Jonesboro, AR, 1996-200
- Assistant editor of Kansas Quarterly/Arkansas Review, Jonesboro, AR, 1994-1996
Presentations
Panel member, RSU Women’s Conference, February 2006
“The Morality of Music: Good vs. Evil in Harmonies.” Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse, Gordon College in Barnesville, GA, May 2006
“It’s Greek to Me: Effective Lyrics in Buffy Episodes.” Southwest/Texas Pop Culture in Albuquerque, NM, February 2007
Editing/Review/Publishing
- Edited several chapters for The DK Handbook a Longman publication
- Edited chapters for On the Go: Sentence to Essay
- Currently working on chapter for new academic text entitled Sitting on the Hellmouth: Reality in Fiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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