Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching AssociateGraduate StudentsSeth teaches classes on religion and religious studies; and on the cultures of science, technology, media, and medicine. Seth's previous work (yet to be published) has considered the re-signification of caste in ancient and contemporary Indian Buddhism, non-monogamy in American Buddhism, ontology and activism in the writings of Thích Nhất Hạnh, object orientation in the philosophy of Eihei Dōgen. Seth's current work develops a cultural philosophy of humans and animals. This dissertation project, "Beastly Traces," critiques anthropocentrism by offering a co-emergent, rather than comparative, approach to human/nonhuman relationships. It analysis three illustrative contemporary movements where cattle are central for human meaning and survival (in radical animal rights performance, biomedicine, Hindu cow protection) making the case for a phenomenological ethics that could recognize our deep material and semiotic entanglements with other species. A recent essay for the BioPresence project can be found here. <http://u.osu.edu/biopresence/animal-traces-giving-and-receiving-in-presence-and-in-absence/> Areas of Interest: -Critical Animal Studies-South Asian Studies-Religious Studies-Science and Technology Studies-Affect Theory-Queer Theory and Sexuality Studies-Ontology and New Materialism-Buddhist Philosophy Areas of Expertise Critical Animal Studies Religious Studies Science and Technology Studies
