Ramesh Nagaraj Rao
| Ramesh Nagaraj Rao | |
|---|---|
| Born | Closepet N. Ramesh |
| Nationality | American (born in India; citizen of the United States) |
| Occupation | Professor of Communication Studies |
| Known for | A Factual Response to the Hate Attack on the IDRF |
Ramesh Nagaraj Rao is a professor of Communication at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia who is the author of a number of papers on India and on the way it is portrayed in the media.
Ramesh Nagaraj Rao (birth name: Closepet N. Ramesh) did his undergraduate education at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore and received B.A. in Economics, Political Science, and Sociology from the Bangalore University in 1977. He worked as an officer in the State Bank of Mysore, and then taught at the Krishnamurti Foundation’s Valley School for two years. While teaching there, he earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore, and was the winner of the Kulapati Munshi Award for writing.
Rao worked as a copy editor for The Hindu for a year before he left India to pursue graduate studies in the U.S. He moved to the United States in 1985 and studied at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he obtained a MS in Mass Communication in 1987. He then obtained his PhD in Communication from Michigan State University in 1992. From 1991 to 2005 he taught at Truman State University where he became a full tenured professor. In that position he undertook work on the theory of conflict and hostage negotiations. He then joined Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, as professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre from 2006 to 2011.
Rao is a prolific writer, and his essays and op-eds have appeared in a variety of American and Indian newspapers and magazines like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Columbia Daily Tribune, Richmond Times-Dispatch, India Abroad, Rediff on the Net and The Washington Post. He has also contributed essays to The Guardian (London) on Hinduism and spirituality. He currently writes for Patheos, a religion and spirituality website, and for The Pioneer, the oldest English language newspaper published from New Delhi. Between 2005 and 2008 he wrote more than 60 essays for UPI’s religion and spirituality page.
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