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Contact Information

400D Gregory Hall
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

Office Hours

Tuesday 2:00-3:00pm and by appointment
Graduate Candidate

Research Interests

  • Political Philosophy
  • Chinese Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Feminism

Research Description

My research interests center on political philosophy, with a specific focus on distributive theories.

Education

  • MA Philosophy, Wuhan University (2022)
  • BA Philosophy, Beijing Normal University (2019)

 

Awards and Honors

  • UIUC Department of Philosophy C.E. Caton Award (for best graduate student essay), 2025
  • First Prize of the Writing Competition in the 6th Summer School of “Contemporary Political Philosophy” of Wuhan University, May 2023.
  • Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities & Arts (3-year), March 2022.

Courses Taught

As teaching assistant

  • Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2026)

As grader

  • Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science (Fall 2025)
  • Symbolic Logic (Spring 2025)
  • Ethical Theories (Fall 2024)