Jul 23, 2025
Swasti Bhattacharyya (PhD, RN) Professor Emerita of Philosophy
and Religion, has been researching, writing, and teaching in
religious studies and applied ethics for over two decades. She
examines ethical issues from multiple philosophical and religious
perspectives. Her work is rooted in her upbringing as a daughter of
an immigrant Hindu father from India and a Japanese Buddhist mother
born and raised in Hawai’i. She utilized her experiences as a
registered nurse and as an applied ethicist in several publications
presenting Hindu perspectives on bioethical issues and on cultural
humility. Her current creative nonfiction project combines her
academic expertise with her long-term relationships with the women
of the Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram, an intentional,
spiritually-focused women’s community in rural central India.
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