APARRI Managing Board Retreat 2024

APARRI Managing Board Retreat 2024

The managing board of the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative met in Maui from April 30-May 4 to plan for the upcoming year as they continue to execute existing programs and roll out new ones made possible by their receipt of $1 million grant from the...
Fordham U. Presentation

Fordham U. Presentation

At the invitation of Professor Cristina Traina, Grace Kao delivered a guest presentation to students on Friday, April 19, 2024 on her recent work on surrogacy in her course on religion and reproductive ethics. This was her first visit to Fordham University.  She is...
Intergenerational Mentoring Retreat

Intergenerational Mentoring Retreat

With fellow PI Roger Nam and 4 junior colleagues (Janette Hur Ok, Lisa Cleath, Peng Yin, and Aizaiah Yong), this Wabash cohort met for a time of generative conversations in Portland, OR with a side-trip to Seattle. They continued their conversations about the road to...
Guest Teaching at Villanova

Guest Teaching at Villanova

At the invitation of Dr. Vincent Lloyd, Grace Kao was a guest in his Foundations of Theological Ethics course which was comprised of both Masters and PhD students. They had read several chapters of her recent book on surrogacy and had many questions about it. She...
Moderating at PANAAWTM

Moderating at PANAAWTM

Dr. Kao recently moderated the opening panel on intergenerational trauma and collective healing during the annual PANAAWTM conference while meeting with fellow board members to engage in strategic planning. As co-chair of the mentoring and education group, she also...