Suresh Canagarajah
Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah is a Tamil-born Sri Lankan linguist and currently an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied linguistics, English, and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2007. His research covers World Englishes and [English as a second or foreign language|teaching English studies|English to speakers of other languages]. He has published works on translingualism, translanguaging, linguistic imperialism, and social and political issues in language education, including codemeshing and language "shuttling." His book, Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations, has won three nationally recognized best book awards.
Selected publications
Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. pp. xxii-230.- Canagarajah, A.. Resisting linguistic imperialism in English language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Notable awards
- American Association for Applied Linguistics 2020 Best Book Award for Routledge Handbook for Migration and Language
- American Association for Applied Linguistics 2016 Inaugural Best Book Award for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations
- British Association for Applied Linguistics 2014 Book Prize for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations
- Modern Language Association of America 2012-2013 Mina P. Shaughnessy Award for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations
- Conference on College Composition and Communication 2007 Richard Braddock Award for “The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued"
- Modern Language Association of America 1999 Mina P. Shaughnessy Award for ''Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching''