Julie Damron received her B.A. from Brigham Young University in English, her M.A.T.  in TESOL, from The School for International Teaching in Brattleboro, Vermont, and her Ph.D.  in Linguistics from Purdue University, in 2000.  She taught at BYU in the Linguistics Department as visiting faculty from 2000-2005 and currently teaches as an assistant professor in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages.  She also oversees TAs in the Korean section of that Department. 

Education

• Ph.D., Purdue University, August 2000
  Primary Field: English Language and Linguistics
  Secondary Field: Second Language Acquisition/Sociolinguistics
• M.A.T., School for International Training, 1993
  Primary Field: English Teaching/TESL
• B.A., Brigham Young University, 1991
  Primary Field: English
• Other: K-12 Teacher Certification
  ESL Certification

Recent Publications

• "Encouraging Professional Development Among Pre-Service Teachers" (2005) The Teacher Trainer. In press.
• "Preparing ITAs for Diversity." (2004) Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development. In press.
• "WhatÕs the Problem: A New Perspective on ITA Communication." (2003) Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 9, (2) Spring.
• "Bridges to Academic Writing. A Review." (1999) TESOL Quarterly, 32 (1), 169-170.
• "International Teaching Assistants at American Universities: A Glimpse at Past, Present and Future." TESOLIN, summer 1999, 18 (3) (Non-refereed).