Nilima Hakim Mow

Current Research

Exploring St. Lawrence Island English: Language Contact, Variation and Akuzipik Influence 

Selected Publications

Mow, Nilima. (2025). Excluded at the Table: Halal Food Accessibility Challenges for Muslim PhD Students at Academic Conferences. AAALGrads Newsletter, 9(2), p.14-15. https://www.aaal-gsc.org/spring-2025-newsletter

Grants and Fellowships

Indigenous Language Scholar Award, American Association of Applied Linguistics 2025 Conference

Graduate Student Travel Fund (2025), George Mason Univversity

Summer Research Fellowship, Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain-Body Interactions (CASBBI) National Research Traineeship Program for Summer 2024 ($8500)

George Mason English Department Scholarship for the NHC Graduate Student Summer Residency Program (2025) ($2100)

Conference Travel Award (2025), The Office of the CHSS Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, George Mason University 

Graduate Scholarship Spring for Conference Travel ($1000), George Mason University

Graduate Student Travel Fund (2023), George Mason University

2021-2022 Ball State University Excellence in Teaching Award for the Master’s Level

Diversity Travel Fellowship, BUCLD 46 (The 46th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development) -2021

Most Engaging Teaching Materials, Writing program, Ball State University

National Scholars Award by Eastern Michigan University (Denied) 

Courses Taught

ENG 103: "Rhetoric & Writing" in the Writing Program, Ball State University 

ENG 114: Research Composition in the Writing Program, Ball State University

Education

3rd Year Linguistics Ph.D. Program Student, George Mason University 
MA in Linguistics and TESOL, Ball State University-2022 
MA in Linguistics, University of Dhaka- 2017 
BA in Linguistics, University of Dhaka-2016 

Recent Presentations

Conference Presentations:

Mow, N. (2025, April). While there is AI, Is translingualism dead? Panel presentation at the 2025 Annual Convention Conference on College Composition and Communication, Baltimore, MD.

Mow, N. H., Schreiner, S. L., Nowpakahok, A. B., Ungwiluk, T. Y., & Avalnun, P. T. (2025, April). Community Voices: Best practices for language revitalization and reclamation. Symposium on American Indian Languages (SAIL 2025), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 

Mow, N. H. (2025, March). Building community relationships in Indigenous language research: a case study from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. 2025 American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Denver, Colorado. 

Mow, N. H. & Schreiner, Sylvia L.R. (2025, March). Challenges and Insights: Surveying Language Attitudes in an Endangered Indigenous Language Community. International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), University of Hawaii at Manoa. 

Mow, N. H. (2025, February). Excluded at the Table: Navigating Halal Food Accessibility as a Muslim PhD Student at Academic Conferences. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT 2025), Georgetown University, Washington DC. 

Mow, N. H. (2025, February). Enhancing reading comprehension for adult learners through metacognitive strategies. 24th TESOL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference (TALGS),  Greensboro College, NC.

Mow, N. H. (2024, October). Revitalizing Akuzipik language and mental health: Creative arts for community well-being [Poster Presentation]. 12th Indigenous Language Institute Symposium, Albuquerque, NM.

Mow, N. H. (2024, April). A grammatical sketch of negation in Hawrami. Mason Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Mow, N. H. (2024, March). Totally and completely: A corpus-based behavioral profile study of near synonymous adverbs [Poster Presentation]. 2024 American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Houston, Texas.

Mow, N. H. (2024, February). The impact of cross-linguistic influences on L2 development of an Urdu-speaking language informant. 23rd TESOL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference (TALGS), East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Mow, N. H. (2023, October). Best practices in Indigenous language immersion programs. International Conference on Language Documentation, Education, and Revitalization, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Mow, N. H. (2023, May). Bangla-English code-switching: Features and frequency. 9th Annual Symposium on Language Research, University of California, Davis, CA.

Mow, N. H. (2022). Interlanguage influences on L2 development. Ball State University Student Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Mow, N. H. (2021). Bangla-English code-switching. Ball State University Student Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Workshop Presentations:

Mow, N. H. (2025, February). Assessing adult ESL learners: A workshop for teachers of adult ESL learners. 24th TESOL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference (TALGS), Greensboro College, NC.

Mow, N. H. (2024, February). A workshop on thematic lesson plans. Presentation. 23rd TESOL and Applied Linguistics Graduate Students Conference (TALGS), East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

In the Media

Nilima Mow (PhD Linguistics Student) Elected as Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA) President

George Mason linguistics making an impact at ICLDC 2025

2021-2022 Ball State University Excellence in Teaching Award Winner

The Research Remix Podcast by Mason Libraries 

Mason linguists go to TALGS

GMU CHSSS Social Media Page

AAAL 2025 Indigenous Language Scholar Award