Helen Han Wei Luo
3rd Year Graduate Student | Ph.D. program in Philosophy
I joined the program in 2022 and my primary philosophical interests are in ethics and social philosophy, both theoretical and applied. My dissertation centers the relationship between ethics and etiquette, arguing from the Confucian tradition for the normative value of good manners in civil society. My research is supported by the SSHRC doctoral fellowship. Raised in Vancouver, I received a B.A. in French and Political Science from Simon Fraser University and an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. In 2024 I was elected to a two-year term to the Columbia Senate as the graduate humanities representative, where amongst other commitments, I serve on the university-wide Commission on Diversity. I am also a creative writer, with some representative work featured at the CBC Literary Prizes, the Plentitudes Journal, and in the Best of Canadian Poetry 2023 anthology.
For more about my academic and creative work, please see my website.