| Title | Lost and Found |
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| Subtitle | On being an Average Immigrant Academic |
| Contributor | Ila Nagar(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0508.12 |
| Landing page | http://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0508/chapters/10.11647/obp.0508.12 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Ila Nagar |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2026-04-29 |
| Long abstract | In this chapter, I speak to finding a place to be an average person and an average academic as an immigrant. I reflect on how I believe that my entry into the United States academia allowed me to flourish in ways I would not have in my country of origin. |
| Print length | 6 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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Ila Nagar (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University, USA. Nagar is a sociolinguist and studies language, power, and meaning. She is interested in understanding how social hierarchies are represented in language use. Her current project studies the causal relationship between words and legislative and judicial action. She has written two books: “Being Janana: Language and Sexuality in Contemporary India” (Routledge, 2019) and “Weaponizing Language: Legislating a Hindu India” (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and published research papers in several academic journals and anthologies.