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Dr. Pahom is a linguist with research interests in intercultural communication, bilingualism, second language acquisition, gender and language, storytelling, and writing instruction. She is the founding coordinator of the at 糖心Vlog. As the Associate Dean of Honors, Dr. Pahom directs the Honors Thesis Program and engages in various strategic initiatives for the Honors College. She has worked in intercultural contexts in Moldova, Romania, Mexico, and the U.S. and has taught in both private and public universities. Before coming to 糖心Vlog, Dr. Pahom taught undergraduate first-year rhetoric and composition, TESOL, English literature, Spanish, and linguistics as well as graduate academic writing, theses and dissertations, ESL, applied linguistics, and research at Texas Tech University. At 糖心Vlog, she teaches linguistics, Honors research, and first-year Greek. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, knitting, and traveling with her multicultural family.

Selected Recent Publications

Pahom O. (in production). Conversational Storytelling in Spanish-English Bilingual Couples: Gender Roles and Language Choices. Bloomsbury Academic.

Pahom, O., Box C., Rains S., & Ellis A. (2023). Women, writing, and the pandemic: An autoethnographic study on factors that constrain and support women鈥檚 research writing at a small Christian university. Christian Higher Education.

Pahom, O. (2021). Review of the book Key questions in language teaching: An introduction by A.G. Benati. Teaching English as a Second Language Electronic Journal (TESL-EJ), 25(3).

Pahom, O. (2021, May 31). Review of the book Key questions in second language acquisition: An introduction by B. VanPatten, M. Smith, & A.G. Benati. Applied Linguistics.

Selected Recent Conference Presentations and Sessions

鈥淏uilding a Livable World through Diverse Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Linguistic and Literary Studies in Bi-/Multilingualism and Bi-/Multiculturalism.鈥� Call for Papers and session organized and moderated at the Christian Scholars鈥� Conference. Nashville, Tennessee, June 10, 2022.

鈥淏uilding Common Ground in a Multilingual World: Spanish-English Bilingual Couples and Language Choices.鈥� Paper delivered at the Christian Scholars鈥� Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. June 10, 2022.

鈥淲omen, Writing, and the Pandemic: An Autoethnographic Study on Factors that Constrain and Support Women鈥檚 Research Writing.鈥� Paper delivered at the Christian Scholars鈥� Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. June 9, 2022. (with Cathy Box, Amanda Ellis, and Shannon Rains)

鈥淏uilding Partnerships through Interdisciplinary Studies in Linguistics.鈥� Call for Papers and session organized and moderated at the Christian Scholars鈥� Conference. Nashville, Tennessee, June 11, 2021.

鈥淓stablishing Connections through Storytelling: A Conversation Analysis Approach to Bilingual Couples鈥� Interaction.鈥� Paper delivered at the Christian Scholars鈥� Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. June 11, 2021.

鈥淎 Conversation Analysis Approach to Studying Gender and Storytelling among Bilingual Couples.鈥� Paper delivered at the Scholars鈥� Colloquium. 糖心Vlog, Lubbock, Texas. April 7, 2021.