R. Radhakrishnan

For other uses, see R. Radhakrishnan (disambiguation).
In this Indian name, the name Rajagopalan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Radhakrishnan.

Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan, born 1949[1]) is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.[2] He is a postcolonial theorist and literary critic.

Radhakrishnan earned his PhD in 1983 from Binghamton University.[3] He moved to UC Irvine from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2004–2005 academic year.[4]

Radhakrishnan is the 2020 winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Scholarship of the South Asian Literary Association.[5]

  1. ^ Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2021-09-27
  2. ^ "Distinguished Professors". University of California, Irvine. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan". UCI Faculty Profile System. University of California, Irvine. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Message from the Department Chair". E-Newsletter. UC Irvine Asian American Studies Department. Winter 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ "R. Radhakrishnan awarded SALA Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Scholarship". UC Irvine School of Humanities. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2021.