Faculty Profile for Dr. Binita Vinod Mehta

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Dr. Binita Vinod Mehta
Senior Lecturer — Philosophy
CMAL 115-B
phone: (512) 245-6571

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Mehta, B. (2021). Indian Traditional Dance and the Experience of Ego-Transcendence. In Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy (pp. 255–262). London, UK: Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Academic.
  • Mehta, B. V. (2020). Hindu Framework and the Yoga System. The Social Studies Texan, 13, 44–46.
  • Duerlinger, J., Mehta, B., & Singh, S. (2020). Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla on the Advaita Vedānta Theory of a Self. The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies, 21, 35–52.
  • Mehta, B. V. (2019, December). Review of Book. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
  • Mehta, B. (2017). Self-Knowledge as Non-Dual Awareness: A Comparative Study of Plotinus and Indian Advaita Philosophy. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 11(2), 117–148.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: University Lecturers Series Award, Texas State University. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Louis Penningroth Award, Department of Religious Studies, The University of Iowa. 2012

Selected Service Activities

Organizer
Conference on Yoga
March 5, 2020-March 6, 2020
Advisor
Chi Beta Delta Student Service Organization
August 2022-May 2024
Reviewer / Referee
Oxford University Press
October 2023-December 2023
committee member
Pre-Health Committee
April 7, 2023-April 28, 2023
Organizer
Dialogue Series
March 8, 2023