Olga A. Limnios
Olga.Limnios@providence.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics), University of Birmingham, UK 2016
M.A. (Applied Linguistics), University of Massachusetts, 2009
B.A. (Interdisciplinary), Southern Utah University, 2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Providence College, 2021-present
Assistant Professor of English, Utah Tech University, 2018-2021
Instructor of English, Utah Tech University, 2009-2021
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director, Undergraduate Research Office, Utah Tech University, 2019-2021
BOOKS
Monographs
The Language of Popular Science: Analyzing the Communication of Advanced Ideas to Lay Readers—McFarland Publishers, 2019
Presented Discourse in Popular Science: Professional Voices in Books for Lay Audiences—Brill Publishers, 2018
Editor of
Lab Lit: Exploring Literary and Cultural Representations of Science—Lexington Books, 2019
Book Chapters
“Uhura and the Linguistics of Star Trek” in The Kelvin Timeline of Star Trek. Edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Ace G. Pilkington—McFarland Publishers, 2019
“The Russian Literary Tradition Goes to Hollywood: Night Watch, Day Watch, and Substitution of Narrative Experientiality” in The Fantastic Made Visible: Essays on the Adaptation of Science Fiction and Fantasy from Page to Screen—McFarland Publishers, 2015
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream Is a War Between Sexes” (with Ace G. Pilkington) in Social Issues in Literature: Sexuality in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream—Greenhaven Press, 2014
ARTICLES
Under review
“Female Language in Popular Science: Engaging Women in STEM,” Gender Studies.
Peer-reviewed
“Fictionality Markers in Professional Scientific Articles: A New Approach to Hedging” in English for Specific Purposes Today, volume 10, no. 2, 2022. pp. 245-262.
“Citizen Scholars and Digital Humanities.” Academia Letters, July 2021, Article 2063. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL2063
“Definitions of Scientific Terminology in Popular Science Books: An Examination of Definitional Chains.” Science Communication, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547019861397
“The Fictionalized Reader in Popular Science: Reader Engagement with the Scientific Community.” Text & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies, volume 38, no. 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2018-0022
“Active Learning for an Online Composition Classroom: Blogging As an Enhancement of Online Curriculum.” Journal of Educational Technology Systems, vol. 47, no. 2, 2018. pp. 213-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047239518788278
“Presented Discourse in Popular Science Narratives of Discovery: Communicative Side of Thought Presentation.” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, vol.17, 2018. pp. 7-28
https://doi:10.22381/LPI1720181
“Popular Science and Lab Lit: Differently Depicting Scientific Apparatus.” Science as Culture, vol.26, no. 3, 2017. pp. 285-306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2016.1255722
“Structural Complexity of Popular Science Narratives of Discovery as an Indicator of Reader Awareness: A Labov-Inspired Approach.” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations vol.16, 2017. pp 7-28
https://doi:10.22381/LPI1620171
“Americanization of Russian Culture and Its Effects on English Language Acquisition in that Country.” Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. vol. 87, 2010. p283-292.
“Shakespeare and Nabokov: Transformations and Explications.” Journal of The Wooden O Symposium, vol. 3, 2003
Media Contributions:
“The Sound of Music: Literary Tradition behind the Adaptation.” Study Guide, Utah Shakespeare
Festival, 2022
“Gender and Language in Othello.” Midsummer Magazine, Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2018
“Speaking Runyonese: The Language of Damon Runyon.” Midsummer Magazine, Utah Shakespeare
Festival, 2017
“Falstaff: The Voice of Reason.” Midsummer Magazine, Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2014
“King John: Mothers and Sons.” Midsummer Magazine, Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2013
“Atticus Finch: A Hero beyond the Pages of To Kill a Mockingbird.” Midsummer Magazine, Utah
Shakespeare Festival, 2012
SERVICE
Providence College
Non-tenure track Faculty Welfare Committee (English Department), 2021-present
Writing Committee (English Department), Spring/Fall 2022
FaculTeas presenter, Fall 2021
Utah Tech University
Founding editor, editorial board member of Curiosity: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and
Innovation
Faculty editor of Route 7 Review
Member of the organizing committee for Digital Humanities Utah 5th Annual Conference
Co-organizer of the Dixie Regional Symposium on Research and Creativity
Graduate theses advisor
Faculty research mentor to undergraduates
Community
Parish Council Member/Secretary, Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
(Pawtucket, RI), 2022-present
To the Profession
Peer-reviewer for Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, Computers and Education,
Heliyon, Social Sciences and Humanities Open
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Culture of Science in Literature,” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 2021
“Digital Humanities and the Rise of Citizen-Scholars,” Digital Humanities Utah, 5th Annual Conference,
2020
“Undergraduate Research: What’s in It for Me? Opportunities and Benefits for Faculty,” Annual Teaching
and Learning Conference, Dixie State University, 2019
“Successful Intelligence: A Guide to Active Learning and Grit,” Annual Teaching and Learning
Conference, Dixie State University, 2018
“Educating Future Popularizers of Science: Linguistic Insight for Scientists,” New Perspectives in
Science Education International Conference, 2016
“Judgment of the Soul vs Judgment of the Law: Dostoyevsky and Leskov,” Scrivener’s Quill: Annual
Law and Literature Conference, 2014
“Definitions of Scientific Terminology in Three Popular Science Bestsellers,” Annual Conference of the
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, 2013
“Crime and Punishment and the Leopold and Loeb Case,” J. Reuben Clark Law Society Law and
Literature Conference, 2011
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Teacher of the Year Award, Utah Tech University, 2019
Effective Teaching Practices Certification, Association of College and University Educators
(ACUE)
Online Teaching Certification (Canvas, Blackboard)