Nandita Baxi Sheth

Nandita Baxi Sheth has a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University withmajors in Architecture, Art History, and English. She has a Master of CommunityPlanning and a Master of Visual Arts Education from the College of Design,Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP, UC). Shecompleted her PhD. from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Artswith the award-winning dissertation titled Being Melliferous: TowardsMultispecies Aesthetics in 2025. In addition to adjunct teaching at DAAP,UC she is also involved in a variety of cross-disciplinary projects with philosophers,engineers, scientists, and educators. She has an active art practice includingpainting and collage. A US citizen of South Asian (Indian) origin, she grew upin Kansas and lives in the Midwest. Additionally, she has lived in Manila, thePhilippines and Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China where she served invariety of volunteer capacities within international communities.