Ho'omana Nathan Horton
Teaching Assistant Professor
BA in English, area of focus in Intercultural Studies, Oklahoma Wesleyan University
MA in English with an option in TESL, Oklahoma State University
PhD, Oklahoma State University: Linguistics
Areas of Interest & Expertise
International Teaching Assistants (ITAs)
Ethnolexicography
Linguistic diversity and discrimination
Sociolinguistics
Recent Courses Taught
ENGL 4093/AMST 4910 – Language in America
ENGL 4013 – English Grammar
ENGL 4893 - Research Writing for International Graduate Students
ENGL 0003 – Academic English for International Graduate Students (Traditional, Hybrid, and Online)
ENGL 1223 – International Freshman Composition II
ENGL 1123 - International Freshman Composition I
ITA Training – Oral Proficiency and Presentation Skills (graduate)
Research Writing for International Graduate Students (graduate)
Academic English for International Graduate Students (graduate)
Language in America (undergraduate)
English Grammar (undergraduate)
Selected Publications
Horton, HN (2020). “If we don't teach them, who will?” Standard Language Ideology and the University English Classroom. In G. Clements and E. Canon (eds.), Linguistic Discrimination in Academia. New York, NY: Routledge.
Horton, HN; Zhao, Y (2020). Using outside material and avoiding plagiarism. In C. Moder (ed.), University Academic Writing for International Students: A Usage-based Approach. Stillwater, OK: Oklahoma State University Library ePress.
Horton, HN, Sims, P. (2020). Writing summaries. In C. Moder (ed.),University Academic Writing for International Students: A Usage-based Approach. Stillwater, OK: Oklahoma State University Library ePress.
Horton, HN (2017). Linguistic discrimination on campus: Ratings of and attitudes toward student writing with African-American English. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 2(5), 1-11.http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v2i0.4041
Selected Conference Presentations
Horton, HN. (2019, March). “If we don’t teach them, who will?” Standard Language Ideology and the university classroom. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Roundtable in Linguistics, Washington DC
Horton, HN. (2019, January). “To describe it to a non-skater”: Skater identity and performance in the sociolinguistic interview. Poster presented at the 2019 American Dialect Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY
Horton, HN. (2017, November). “Screw the rules”: The performance of authenticity through nonconformity by a skate mag editor. Paper presented at the Language and Linguistic Student Conference, Edmond, OK.
Horton, HN. (2017, January). Linguistic discrimination on campus: ratings of and attitudes toward student writing with African-American English. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of America 91st Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Awards and Recognition
English Department, Oklahoma State University
Clinton C. Keeler Fellowship in English, March 2019
Dr. Ravi Sheory Travel Award for Research in TESL/Linguistics, January 2017
American Dialect Society
Honorary Presidential Membership, January 2015
Graduate College, Oklahoma State University
Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship, Summer 2017
Language and Linguistics Student Conference, Edmond, OK
Dr. Amy Carrell Outstanding Achievement Award for “Linguistic Discrimination on Campus: Ratings of and Attitudes Toward Student Writing with African-American English” in Fall 2016
Phi Kappa Phi honor society
Member, Oklahoma State University, inducted Spring 2015
Recipient, Love of Learning Award, Summer 2016
Professional Appointments or Professional Service
Visiting Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University (Fall 2020-Present)
International Teaching Assistant Program Coordinator, Oklahoma State University (Fall 2020-Present)
Current Research
Primary Investigator – Addressing Linguistic Discrimination on Campus
Primary Investigator – Research Into the Language of Skateboarding (RaILS)
Research Assistant – Wrangler online tool for teaching research writing
Research Assistant – Research on Dialects of English in Oklahoma (RODEO)
Linguistic diversity and discrimination at the university level
Effects of anxiety and language contact on ITAs’ oral proficiency