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Rajeshwari V Pandharipande

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Contact Information

Department of Religion
3010 Foreign Language Building
707 South Mathews
Urbana, Illinois 61801

Research Areas

Research Interests

Hinduism
Languages and cultures of India
Sociolinguistics
South Asian languages (Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit)
Language of Religion
Asian Mythology
Religion in Diaspora

Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981
Ph.D. Nagpur University, 1973
M.A. Nagpur University, 1964
B.A. Nagpur University, India, 1962

Courses Taught

Fall 2012
RLST 104: Asian Mythology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor Emerita, Religion

Honors & Awards

University Distinguished Teacher Scholar, 2009
William Prokasy Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 1996
Harriet and Charles Luckman All Campus Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1996
University Scholar, 1992

Recent Publications

Pandharipande, R. V. (2019). Bilinguals’ creativity and an argument for paradigm shift. World Englishes, 38(1-2), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12401

Pandharipande, R. V. (2019). Does Religion Promote as well as Retard Language Maintenance in a Multilingual Context? Evidence from Hinduism and Buddhism. In R. V. Pandharipande, M. K. David, & M. E. Ebsworth (Eds.), Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion (pp. 114-126). Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788926676-009

Pandharipande, R. V., David, M. K., & Ebsworth, M. E. (2019). Introduction. In R. V. Pandharipande, M. Khemlani David, & M. Eisenstein Ebsworth (Eds.), Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788926676-002

Pandharipande, R. V., David, M. K., & Ebsworth, M. E. (2019). Introduction1. In Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion (pp. 1-18). Channel View Publications.

Pandharipande, R. V., David, M. K., & Ebsworth, M. E. (Eds.) (2019). Language Maintenance, Revival and Shift in the Sociology of Religion. Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/PANDHA6669

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