Co-charing the APARRI 2023 Conference

Co-charing the APARRI 2023 Conference

Professor Kao was the co-chair of the 2023 APARRI conference. Held at UC Berkeley from June 20-22, this year’s theme was Envisioning Radical Futures in APA Religions & Communities and featured keynote speaker Gene Luen Yang. In addition to concurrent paper...
SCE Plenary Address

SCE Plenary Address

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...
SCE Women’s Caucus

SCE Women’s Caucus

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...
AAR: Teaching about Abortion Post-Dobbs

AAR: Teaching about Abortion Post-Dobbs

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...