Keya Maitra is the Lenney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa.
Her intellectual journey bridges continents and traditions. Trained in both India and the United States, she holds two Ph.D.s—one in Philosophy of Language from the University of Hyderabad and another in Philosophy of Mind from the University of Connecticut. She has been a professor at the University of North
Carolina Asheville, where she also served as the director of the Humanities Program and Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities (2018-22). Her research and teaching facilitate critical conversations across cultural and disci…
Keya Maitra is the Lenney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa.
Her intellectual journey bridges continents and traditions. Trained in both India and the United States, she holds two Ph.D.s—one in Philosophy of Language from the University of Hyderabad and another in Philosophy of Mind from the University of Connecticut. She has been a professor at the University of North
Carolina Asheville, where she also served as the director of the Humanities Program and Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities (2018-22). Her research and teaching facilitate critical conversations across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. From Classical Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of the
Bhagavad Gītā to Cross-Cultural Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy of Mind, Transnational Feminism, and the Philosophy of Wellbeing, Maitra’s work is both globally informed and socially resonant. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching
(2023), the Champion for Students Award (2018), and a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Award (2015).
Maitra’s scholarship has appeared in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Hypatia, Asian Philosophy, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Southern Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy East and West, and International Journal of Philosophical Studies, and numerous anthologies. Her books include
Feminist Philosophy of Mind (co-edited with Jennifer McWeeny; Oxford University Press 2022), Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury 2018), The Ethics of Governance: Moral Limits of Policy Decisions (co-authored with Shashi Motilal and Prakriti Prajapati; Springer 2021) and On Putnam (Wadsworth 2003).
