Butler specializes in education abroad management and also teaches a course abroad as a faculty leader as part of her role. Prior to joining MIIS, she worked at Arizona State University and CEA Study Abroad. Butler is actively engaged in NAFSA and the Forum on Education Abroad (FEA), and has completed FEA's Professional Certification in Education Abroad, which certifies professional's knowledge and expertise in the forum's Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad. She holds a doctoral degree in higher education from Arizona State University.