Dissertation: Learning a World Language: An Interview Study of American Deaf Experiences
Scott, J. A., Henner, J., Butts, T., & Holcomb, L. (2025). Tales of a fourth-grade nothingburger: a critical inquiry into deficit-framed research. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 30(SI), SI26-SI42.
Rabalais, C. B., Birmingham, S., Butts, T., Hormann, J., Johnson, E., Kabani, S., Kasun, G. S., Jefferson, R. L. M., Ormond, J., Quadri, Y., Riggins, J., & Stanley, L. (2024). I am my language: A reflection on collaborative poetry in a doctoral level classroom. Ubiquity: The Journal of Literature, Literacy, and the Arts, 10(1). https://ed ubiquity.gsu.edu/wordpress/9253-2/
Butts, T. (2024, February 3). Deaf experiences learning a world language: A preliminary poster. Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACEDHH) Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cohen, S.; Butts, T.; Bess, R.; Scott, J. (2024, February 1-4). Transparency in transition: Leadership changes at schools for the deaf (II). Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACEDHH), Las Vegas, Nevada
Butts, T. (2023). Perspectives on deaf people and society. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enad031
Butts, T., Cohen, S.; Bess, R.; Scott, J. (2023, February 1-5). Transparency in transition: Leadership changes at schools for the deaf. Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACEDHH), San Antonio, Texas
Beal, J., Scott, J., & Butts, T. (2022). Goodnight Gorilla: How do second language learners’ American Sign Language narrative renditions change after viewing an ASL model? Journal of Interpretation, 30(1). https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/joi/vol30/iss1/4
Scott, J. A., Amadi, C., & Butts, T. (2022). d/Deaf and hard of hearing multilingual learners and literacy instruction. In J. E. Cannon, C. Guardino, & P. V. Paul (Eds.), Deaf and Hard of Hearing Multilingual Learners Foundations, Strategies, and Resources (First ed., pp. 142-174). Routledge
Amadi, C., Butts, T., Kang, K. Y., Cohen, S., & Scott, J. A. (2021, July 7). Study Abroad Experiences for Pre-Service Educators of DHH Students. International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, Virtual Conference.
Amadi, C., Butts, T., Kang, K., Cohen, S., Scott, J. A. (2020, February 15).Study Abroad Experiences for Pre-Service Educators of DHH Students. Poster presented at the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Butts, T., Lee, A. (2019, June 3-7). The What and Why of Thinking Maps. Institute Designed for Educating All Students (IDEAS), St. Simons Island, Georgia
I am a hearing, Black, cisgender man educated and enculturated in the United States. My socioeconomic status has been American middle class. I am sighted and generally able-bodied. My first language is English, I'm agnostic, unmarried, and child free.
All of the above, and more, influence my research to some degree.
Study: Leadership changes at a school for the deaf
Chapter: Summarizing research in multilingual deaf education
Body doubling & shared working spaces
Study Abroad opportunities for deaf students and students in Deaf Education
Teaching methods of the deaf in France
Teacher prep programs, requirements, classroom implementation
Written English development of deaf secondary students