Presbyterian Social Ethics Network

Presbyterian Social Ethics Network

Dr. Kao participated in a Presbyterian Social Ethics Network (PSEN) meeting that was held at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago in advance of the Society of Christian Ethics conference. She enjoyed interacting with her colleagues and getting to know church members...
Guesting at Elon University

Guesting at Elon University

At the invitation of Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters, Grace Kao was a guest in her last class on Religion and Reproductive Ethics. Her undergraduate students had read several chapters of Dr. Kao’s latest book on surrogacy and they had a lively discussion about it. This...
American Library Association Recognition

American Library Association Recognition

Kao’s My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy, was selected as one of the 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles. This is the second award her book has received (read here for information about the first). Choice is the publishing unit...
Theological Education Between the Times Reunion

Theological Education Between the Times Reunion

Pictured left to right: Angela Sims, Ted Smith, Susan Hylen, Grace Kao, Janette Hur Ok, Keri Day, Mark Jordna, Corwin Davis, Willie James Jennings, Raymond Carr. Grace Kao was able to meet-up with several of her TEBT colleagues (cohort #3) and mentors at the American...
AAR: Transpacific Asian American Religions

AAR: Transpacific Asian American Religions

Dr. Kao presided over an Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society roundtable at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (in San Diego, CA) featuring a discussion of new books by Melissa Borja, Helen Jin Kim, and Justin Tse, with Minjung Noh...