by admin | Jan 7, 2023 | 2020-24 events, Conference
At the invitation of SCE President Bryan Massingale, Dr. Kao presented plenary remarks on the conference theme with fellow panelists Terrence Johnson, Kristin Heyer, and Aristotle Papanikolaou and Nichole M. Flores (presiding). The panel will be published in the...
by admin | Jan 7, 2023 | 2020-24 events, Conference
Grace Kao presented remarks about publishing as a woman during the 2023 Society of Christian Ethics. The informal panel and luncheon was hosted at a Ukrainian women-owned teahouse in downtown Chicago. The session was organized by the Women’s Caucus...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | 2020-24 events, Guest Lecture
Grace Kao spoke with students in Jennifer Gumer’s BIOE 6200 Law and Bioethics class about the legal dimensions of surrogacy as well as her experiences as a former surrogate. She enjoyed fielding their question about the wellbeing of children, commercial...
by admin | Nov 19, 2022 | 2020-24 events, Conference
Professor Kao was the respondent to a session co-sponsored by the Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit, the Women and Religion Unit, the Women’s Caucus and the Women of Color Scholarship; and Teaching and Activism Unit at the American Academy of Religion...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | 2020-24 events, Church
Grace Kao spoke at the Loft at Westwood United Methodist Church after a film screening of Battleground. In a panel moderated by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter with fellow panelist Melissa Pagán, she then spoke with the audience about her Christian-based support for...
by admin | Jul 6, 2022 | 2020-24 events, Conference
Grace Kao workshopped a draft chapter of her book on commercial, transnational and traditional surrogacy arrangements to members of the Political Theology Network during their summer workshop series. Dr. Kao is grateful to Kathy Chow and Mary Nickel for the invitation...
