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 Chicago Chicago, Illinois

PhD, Philosophy       May 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 University       Washington, D.C.

MA, Philosophy and Social Policy     May 2017

Qualifying Papers: “The Disabled Body Politic” and “Existence, Essence, and Animals in Heidegger’s Phenomenology”; received highest distinction for both.

Vanderbilt University       Nashville, Tennessee

BA, Philosophy       May 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 Bioethics 23 (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: Neuroscience 13 (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 Neuroscience 12 (2–3): 117–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1904047.

“Review: Seeing Clearly: A Buddhist Guide to Life.” Lebkuecher, Gina. 2021. Teaching Philosophy 44 (1): 104–8. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190887506.001.0001.