Ellen Butki
AEP / Electives Coordinator
Contact: ekbutki@austin.utexas.edu
Ellen Butki is the Program Coordinator for the Academic English Program, Elective classes, Talk Time conversation program, and Fomento do Brazil online Business English program. She has a B.A. in political science, history and geography and an M.A. in teaching ESL/EFL. She has taught at both university programs and adult immigrant programs in California, Massachusetts, and Texas. After teaching business English in Argentina for five years, she returned to Austin in 2002. She enjoys helping students develop all four language skills and tries to constantly challenge her students as well as herself. Her newest challenge came in 2024 with the creation of the online Business English program to employees in Fomento do Brazil, which started with 16 students and has grown to 40.
Teacher Feature: Ellen Butki, English Language Center Instructor