Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Lijun Yuan

  • Professor Emerita at Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Women and Gender Studies Committee since fall, 2020-present. September 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Editorial Board of Journal on Women and Gender. 2011 - Present.
  • Member, Interviewing for hiring new faculties. 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Women and Gender Research Collaborative. 2009 - Present.
  • Member, Department Personal Committee. 2008 - Present.
  • Member, The Asian Studies Board of Advisors. 2007 - Present.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Council (LASAC) 2007-present. June 2007 - Present.

2025

  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. December 15, 2024 - January 10, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee. December 15, 2024 - January 15, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee. December 15, 2024 - January 10, 2025.

2023

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program REP. October 11, 2023 - November 17, 2023.
  • Member. October 10, 2023 - November 17, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program (REP): LA Committee member (2022). October 12, 2022 - November 18, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer of an essay submission for TexasPhilosophical.wordpress.com. June 1, 2022 - June 29, 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer on an essay submission for TexasPhilosophical.wordpress.com. June 2, 2021 - June 27, 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Springer Books, For Springer Nature. November 1, 2020 - December 10, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee. November 1, 2020 - December 10, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sringer Books. November 1, 2020 - December 10, 2020.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program (REP). October 5, 2020 - November 25, 2020.
  • Member. October 5, 2020 - November 25, 2020.
  • Chair, Buddhism: Metaethics, Gender, and Spiritual Power, 49th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS). October 23, 2020.
  • Chair. October 23, 2020.
  • Chair, Conference of SWCAS. October 20, 2020 - October 23, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. July 1, 2020 - August 13, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee. July 1, 2020 - August 13, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of DAO. July 1, 2020 - August 13, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Philosophy Today. April 1, 2020 - April 17, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee. March 1, 2020 - April 17, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Social Philosophy Today. March 1, 2020 - April 17, 2020.

2019

  • Member, Liberal Arts College Curriculum Committee. October 12, 2017 - October 2019.

2018

  • Coordinator / Organizer, at International Academic Forum on Values in the Changing World. August 10, 2018.

2017

  • Member, Committee on International Cooperation (APA). 2016 - 2017.
  • Member, Organizing Committee for Women and Gender Research Collaborative Symposium. 2011 - 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. December 15, 2017.

2015

  • Member, Committee to Select External Reviewers for the NEH-DTPH. 2012 - 2015.
  • Member, Committee on Status of Women in Philosophy (APA). 2012 - 2015.
  • Member, Committee on Status of Women in Philosophy (APA). 2012 - 2015.

2014

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee, Texas State University. 2014.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee, Texas State University. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Lexington Books. 2014.
  • Member, Committee on International Cooperation (APA). 2011 - 2014.
  • Member, Committee on International Cooperation (APA). 2011 - 2014.

2013

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee, Texas State University. 2013.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee, Texas State University. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of East-West Thought. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. 2013.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2011 - 2013.
  • Organizer, Invited and hosted a distinctive speaker, Professor Yanguang Wang. August 29, 2013.
  • Chair, Main Program, Colloquium: “Cosmopolitanism and Reproductive Choices”. March 27, 2013.

2012

  • Member, Organizing Committee for Women and Gender Research Collaborative Symposium. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. 2012.
  • Chair, Main Program, Colloquium: Coercion, Compulsion, and Manipulation. April 5, 2012.
  • Chair, Session 5: Occupy Free Speech: Getting Women’s Voices Heard. March 30, 2012.

2011

  • Member, Committee to Select External Reviewers for the NEH-DTPH. 2011.
  • Member, Organizing Committee for Women and Gender Research Collaborative Symposium. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. 2011.
  • Chair, Main Program, Colloquium: Family and Marriage. April 21, 2011.
  • Chair, Session 2: Sustainability and Population Growth in the Context of Globalization. March 4, 2011.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Women, Politics, and Policy. 2010.
  • Member, Committee on International Cooperation (APA). 2007 - 2010.
  • Member, Committee on International Cooperation (APA). 2007 - 2010.
  • Chair, APA Committee Session: Ethics and the Nature of ‘Other’: Analyzing European Philosophers in Comparison with Chinese Perspectives. April 3, 2010.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. 2009.
  • Chair, APA Committee Session: , “Confucianism, Daoism, and Trans-nationalism Confronting Gender Issues”. April 9, 2009.

2008

  • Moderator, Aession of New Mexico-West Texas Philosophical Society, 59th Annual Meeting. April 4, 2008.

2007

  • Panel Chair, “Author-Meets-Critics”: Lisa Tessman, Burdened Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles. April 6, 2007.

2006

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee, Texas State University. 2006.
  • Panel Chair and Discussant, Session 21, “Ideas as Power: Language, Thought, and Memory in Maoist and Post-Maoist China. April 6, 2006 - April 8, 2006.
  • Panel Chair and Commentator, The Association for Chinese Philosophers in America, “Confucianism and Democracy,”. March 25, 2006.
  • Organizer, Invited and hosted a distinctive speaker, Professor Tao Jie. March 8, 2006.

2002

  • Council Member, Department of Housing, University of Colorado. 1999 - 2002.

2001

  • Chair, Policy Procedure of Resident Council, Department of Housing, University of Colorado. 2000 - 2001.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. July 2001.