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.
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: Deaf experiences learning a world language
Study: Leadership changes at a school for the deaf
Chapter: Summarizing research in multilingual deaf education
Body doubling & shared working spaces
Deaf international travel experiences
Teaching methods of the deaf in France
Written English development of deaf secondary students