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Writer
Class of 2023
Gina is a junior majoring in Biology on the pre-medical track with a minor in Philosophy. She is a research assistant at Stony Brook University’s Health Science Center, working to find a treatment for neuropathy, which is when the peripheral nerves are damaged (often as a result of chemotherapy). Gina is also a member of Stony Brook’s Bollywood-Fusion dance team, Junoon. She recently started getting into cooking and is slowly getting back into reading. Her favorite genre is mystery but she’s ready to branch out and try some new genres.
Publications
What Does it Mean to be Free: Sartre’s Take On Human Freedom in the Face of the Nazi Regime
by Gina Koch, April 15, 2022 Jean-Paul Sartre is undeniably one of the most prominent philosophers of the twentieth century and the chief founder of existentialism. The works he published influenced various ideologies spanning philosophy, politics, literature, and cultural studies. Sartre, like most philosophers, had his moments of being subject to public disappointment and outrage.…