Co-chairing APARRI 2025

Co-chairing APARRI 2025

Dr. Kao served as a co-chair of the 2025 APARRI conference to be held at UC Berkeley from June 11-13 with the conference theme Past as Present: APA Religions, Spiritual Renewal, and Collective Care.   Along with other program committee members, Dr. Kao was responsible...
Reparations Talk at UCSB

Reparations Talk at UCSB

  Dr. Kao delivered a public address on April 30, 2025 on reparations at the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She enjoyed fielding questions from the audience of students and...
Guest Teaching at Fordham

Guest Teaching at Fordham

At the invitation of Professor Cristina Traina for her Religion and Reproductive Ethics course, Grace Kao was invited again to present her work on surrogacy. This was her second visit to Fordham University; her first took place approximately one year earlier.  ...
Opening Panelist at PANAAWTM

Opening Panelist at PANAAWTM

Dr. Kao participated in the opening panel of the 40th anniversary annual conference of the Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) network.   The 2025 theme was “Simmering Stories, Weaving Wisdom: Traditioning...
Reproductive Justice Futurism Convening

Reproductive Justice Futurism Convening

Dr. Kao had an incredible time at the Reproductive Justice Futurism Think Tank Convening which took place at Smith & Amherst Colleges from March 12-14, 2025. She enjoyed learning others about the current state of reproductive and genomic technologies and was also...