Gina Lebkuecher（卢吉娜）
Contact:glebkuecher@luc.edu
AOS: Classical Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Ethics, Ethics
AOC: Applied Ethics, Ethics of Technology, Feminist Philosophy
Education
Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois
PhD, PhilosophyMay 2024
Dissertation:“Reconceiving Virtue: A Mengzian Adaptation of Eudaimonic Virtue Ethics in Response to Contemporary Criticisms.” Defended with distinction March 18, 2024.
Committee: Peter Hartman, Richard Kim, Bryan Van Norden, Joe Vukov (supervisor).
American UniversityWashington, D.C.
MA, Philosophy and Social PolicyMay 2017
Qualifying Papers:“The Disabled Body Politic” and “Existence, Essence, and Animals in Heidegger’s Phenomenology”; received highest distinction for both.
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee
BA, PhilosophyMay 2013
Minors: Chinese Language and Culture, Women’s and Gender Studies
Study abroad program at East China Normal University (华东师范大学), Shanghai, China
Publications
My name in bold indicates papers for which I was sole or lead author.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Why Moral Bioenhancement Cannot Reliably Produce Virtue.”Lebkuecher, Gina,Marley Hornewer, Maya Roytman, Sydney Samoska, and Joseph Vukov.2024.Journal of Medicine and Philosophy(Forthcoming).
“Mengzian Sensitivity to Social Roles.”Lebkuecher, Gina.2024.Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-024-09931-0.
Other Publications
“Review:The Ethics of Social Roles.”Lebkuecher, Gina.2024 (forthcoming).The Journal of Moral Philosophy.
“The Ouroboros Threat.” Vukov, Joseph, Tera Joseph, Gina Lebkuecher, Michelle Ramirez, and Michael Burns. 2023.American Journal of Bioethics23 (10): 58–60.https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2250284.
“Extended Frameworks for Extended Reality: Ethical Considerations.” Michael Burns, Gina Lebkuecher, Sophia Rahman, Maya Roytman, Sydney Samoska, and Joseph Vukov. 2022.American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience13 (3): 171–73.https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2022.2082594.
“Bioenhanced ‘Virtues’ May Threaten Personal Identity.”Lebkuecher, Gina, Marley Hornewer, Sydney Samoska, Sarah Khan, Kit Rempala, and Joseph Vukov. 2021.AJOB Neuroscience12 (2–3): 117–19.https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1904047.
“Review:Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life.”Lebkuecher, Gina.2021.Teaching Philosophy44 (1): 104–8.https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190887506.001.0001.