Dr. Sophia F. Gao
Professor
Division of Social Science and Humanities
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.
“Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning leads to peril.”
–– Analects