Nandita Baxi Sheth

Nandita Baxi Sheth has a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University with majors in Architecture, Art History, and English. She has a Master of Community Planning and a Master of Visual Arts Education from the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP, UC). She completed her PhD. from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts with the award-winning dissertation titled Being Melliferous: Towards Multispecies 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 including painting and collage. A US citizen of South Asian (Indian) origin, she grew up in Kansas and lives in the Midwest. Additionally, she has lived in Manila, the Philippines and Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China where she served in variety of volunteer capacities within international communities.