Suresh Canagarajah

Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah is a linguist. He is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied linguistics, English, and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University. He has been a professor there since 2007. He researches World Englishes and teaching English to speakers of other languages. He has published works on translingualism, translanguaging, linguistic imperialism, and social and political issues in language education. His book, "Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations," has won three nationally recognized best book awards. 
He is a Tamil person. Canagarajah was born in Sri Lanka.