BYU Humanities College Meeting 2017
COLLEGE PROFESSORSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS Julie Damron Humanities+ Julie Damron joined the Linguistics and English Language Department in 2001 as visiting faculty and accepted a tenure track faculty position in the Asian and Near Eastern Languages Department in 2005. She specializes in linguistics and second language teaching methodology with a focus on both language learning abroad and online vs. in-class language learning experiences. Julie developed and oversees the Korea Direct enrollment plus Internship program which includes bringing Kyung Hee University (KHU) students into BYU Korean classrooms and sending BYU students into KHU classes. Julie’s most recent book, Korean Stories for Language Learners: Traditional Folktales in Korean and English, published by Tuttle Publishing will be available for her Korean 101 students this fall. Julie is currently the Korean Section Head as well as the Faculty Women’s Association President Elect. She is also the ‘star’ wide receiver on the BYU
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women’s faculty flag football team, “A-Lot.”
Michelle James Outstanding Teaching Award Although Michelle Stott James began her undergraduate studies as a Music Major, after her mission in Finland she completed her undergraduate major in German. She has a Ph.D . in German Literature with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Utah. Since she joined the BYU faculty in 1988, she has taught numerous courses in literature, writing and critical theory. After the publication of her first book, Behind the Mask: Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymic Treatment of Lessing in the “Concluding Unscientific Postscript,” Dr. James turned her research interests to early Germanlanguage women writers. Through the Sophie Mentored Research Project, she and her colleagues Rob McFarland and Cindy Brewer have engaged numerous students in textual preparation, editing and research. She and her students are currently preparing the Critically Annotated Collected
