They are a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and the Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
[citation needed] They were formerly co-coordinator of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics network.
[citation needed] They completed a master's degree in geography at Hunter College in 2019.
Their work on historical, cultural, and political attitudes towards bodies, especially those of mothers and pregnant women—found in their 2005 book, Mass Hysteria: Medicine, Culture, and Mothers' Bodies—has led to their being interviewed and authoring media articles on topics including the culture of pregnancy,[5][6] sexual fetishes,[7] and attitudes towards race and obesity.
[9][10] Kukla additionally competes in powerlifting, and they have won national and state-level medals in the discipline.