Dr. Sophia F. Gao

Sophia F. Gao is an ethicist and interdisciplinary scholar working at the

intersection of Chinese philosophy, feminist ethics, moral psychology, and AI

ethics. Her forthcoming book, Nurturing Caring Relationships: Feminist Care

Ethics Encountering Confucian Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan), develops a

Confucian–feminist model of care ethics. Her work has appeared in The

Journal of Value Inquiry, Journal of Chinese Humanities, and Pace Law

Review, and she serves as a referee for journals including Hypatia,

Philosophia, The Journal of Value Inquiry, and Philosophy Compass. She

received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of New South Wales.

Her research has been presented at venues such as the American

Philosophical Association, the East–West Philosophers’ Conference, the

Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, the North-East Conference on

Chinese Thought, and the World Congress of Philosophy. Across her

research, teaching, and hands-on AI development, she explores how care,

technology, and creativity shape everyday moral life through a cross-cultural

lens, fostering reflection, dialogue, and curiosity about philosophy as a lived

practice.