Jemma Cusumano

Jemma Cusumano is a philosophy scholar originally from regional North Queensland. She now works in policy at the Queensland Family and Child Commission, promoting the safety and rights of children and young people. She holds a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) in Philosophy from the University of Queensland, where she received First Class Honours, the University Medal, and the Don Mansion Prize for best results in the postgraduate program. Since finishing her studies, Jemma has been published in the Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Australasia and continues to review submissions for future volumes. During her Honours year, Jemma explored Hannah Arendt’s notion of the banality of evil and its implications for moral responsibility, and Simone de Beauvoir’s existential ethics. With the support of the Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Jemma will pursue a Master of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and hopes to contribute to more reflective and ethical approaches to public policy and institutional decision-making.

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