Biography

Dr. Prasasti Pandit is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island. Before joining URI, she has been teaching undergraduate and graduate-level students of Philosophy from diverse backgrounds since 2014. She delivered lectures as an invited guest lecturer at James Madison University in 2021. She completed her Ph.D. in 2020 in the field of Ethics. In her research, she proposed a more credible form of the Principle of Beneficence in the domain of moral philosophy. Her research interests include the moral value of emotion, feminist ethics, and public health ethics. Her recent book ‘The Moral Quest for a More Credible Form of Beneficence: A Comparative Philosophical Analysis’ is published by Ethics International Press, Cambridge, UK. She attended several National and International conferences including the World Congress of Philosophy (2018) as an invited speaker and presented her research. She has received State Research Fellowship (2011), National Junior Research Fellowship (2012), the Young Woman Educator and Researcher Award (2015), and won the URI Award for Excellence in General Education (2024). She loves to discuss fascinating topics of Philosophy on multiple online teaching and social media platforms. Apart from teaching, she is also passionate about dance, recitation, creative writing, digital content creation, and short filmmaking. She also loves to travel and spend quality time with her family.