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Pankaj Jain
Pankaj Jain, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies University of North Texas [email protected] Pankaj Jain’s research and teaching interests include Hinduism, Jainism, and South Asi
Pankaj Jain, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies University of North Texas [email protected]
Pankaj Jain’s research and teaching interests include Hinduism, Jainism, and South Asian religious traditions, environmental ethics, Indian films, Sanskrit, and Hindi/Urdu languages and literatures. Before joining UNT, he had taught at North Carolina State University, Rutgers, Kean, and New Jersey City University. Interested in connecting ancient practices with contemporary issues, he is exploring the connections between religious traditions and sustainability in Hindu and Jain communities in the North Texas area. He serves as a research affiliate with Harvard University’s Pluralism Project and as scholar-in-residence with GreenFaith. He is also selected as a Roving Professor at the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity at UNT. His first book Sustenance and Sustainability: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities is forthcoming in May 2011. He has published his research in journals such as Religious Studies Review, Worldviews, Religion Compass, Journal of Vaishnava Studies, and the Journal of Visual Anthropology. He also contributes to the Washington Post’s Blog “On Faith†and e-zine Patheos.com. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and an M.A. from Columbia University (both in Religious Studies). In his “previous life†he had also earned a B.S. in Computer Science from India and had worked as a software engineer in India and in New Jersey.
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