Office: Morrill 112
Phone: 405-744-1780
Email: nathan.horton@okstate.edu
Education:
- 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/Research
- International Teaching Assistants (ITAs)
- Ethnolexicography,
- Linguistic diversity and discrimination
- Sociolinguistics
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.
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)
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
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