Wenxuan Shen
Wenxuan Shen
Graduate Student
Education
PhD Student, Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US
Master of Arts in Philosophy, Department of History and Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, US
Master of Human Rights, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Bachelor of Management in Human Resource Management, School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Presentations
“Reconstructing Confucius’ Theory of Parental Virtues.” Northeast Conference on Chinese Thought, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York (Nov 2024); Learning Together Project, CIL&SP, East China Normal University (2024);
“The Problem of Choice in Confucianism and Existentialism.” (with Lusine Musakhanyan) 8th Greater China Summer Program in Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2023);
“How Does Gender Form: A Haslangerian Analysis.” 44th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2023);
“What Is An Unjust Global Structure?” 6th Wuhan University Contemporary Issues in Political Philosophy Summer School (2022); Graduate Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2022).
Teaching
As An Instructor of Record
PHIL100 Introduction to Philosophy (EMU, Fall 2021)
As A Teaching Assistant
PHIL244 Professional Responsibility (Judith Carlisle, UTK, Fall 2024)
PHIL252 Contemporary Moral Problems (Alex Feldt, UTK, Fall 2023 & Spring 2024)
PHIL101 Introduction to Philosophy (Sam Von Mizner, UTK, Spring 2023)
PHIL101 Introduction to Philosophy (Kristina Gehrman, UTK, Fall 2022)
Community
Conference Committee Member, 6th PGSA@UT Philosophy Conference, University of Tennessee
Session Chair, Eastern Michigan University 11th Annual Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy