Pankaj Jain

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor
Affiliation	University of North Texas
Email	pankajaindia@gmail.com
Mailing Address	Department of Philosophy and Religion University of North Texas
Websites	http://unt.academia.edu/pankajjain/
Countries of Specialization	India
Education	PhD, Univ of Iowa MA, Columbia University
Research Interests	interested in connect ancient traditions with contemporary issues which he dealt with in his dissertation Indic Traditions and Ecology. He has published portions from his research in journals such as Religious Studies Review, Worldviews, Religion Compass, Journal of Vaishnava Studies, and Visual Anthropology and is currently working on his monograph Dharma and Ecology. He received his Masters degree from Columbia University and doctorate from the University of Iowa.
Teaching Interests	teach courses related to South Asian Religions and Ecology. Earlier he has also taught Indian Films, Sanskrit, Hindi/Urdu languages and literatures at North Carolina State University, Rutgers, Kean, New Jersey City University, and University of Iowa.
Publications	Monographs 2017 Moving the Mountains: Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India. New York, New York: Routledge. 2011 Sustenance and Sustainability: Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities. Ashgate, London. (Reviewed in the Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Dharma Studies, Environmental Values, Food, Culture & Society, International Journal of Hindu Studies, Oxford Journal of Hindu Studies, Philosophy East & West, Religious Studies Review, Sophia, and Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, & Ecology. Also reviewed in Asia Times).
Keywords	ancient traditions ; Dharma ; ecology ; religion ; Indian films ; Sanskrit ; Hindi.