Contact Information
3010 Foreign Language Building
707 South Mathews
Urbana, Illinois 61801
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
RLST 104: Asian Mythology
Additional Campus Affiliations
Center for Global Studies
Affiliate (Emerita) - Center for Translation Studies
Professor - Comparative and World Literature
Professor - LAS Global Studies
Professor Emeritus - Linguistics
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