Through Hispanic Eyes (T.H.E.) Workshop

Through Hispanic Eyes (T.H.E.) Workshop

Grace Kao completed a three-day workshop at Perkins School of Theology at Southwestern Methodist University (SMU) as part of the Hispanic Summer Program Professor Kao and members of her cohort discussed the various ways they as non-Latin(x) faculty or staff could...
Faculty of Color Workshop

Faculty of Color Workshop

Grace Kao just completed a 2-day faculty of color workshop with colleagues at 5 Oregon/Washington area schools in Salem, OR at the tail end of her trip with other Claremont School of Theology colleagues to Willamette University. They got to know one another and also...
NCFDD Faculty Success Program

NCFDD Faculty Success Program

Grace Kao has begun a 12-week Faculty Success Program that is offered by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). As a group they will set goals, hold one another accountable to writing, and learn to establish patterns for success.  Press...
Wabash: Teaching as Women of Color

Wabash: Teaching as Women of Color

Grace Kao was awarded a 2017=2018 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Grant with Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Linda Thomas to discuss “Teaching and Pedagogy as Racialized Bodies.” They met over two separate weekends in Chicago to discuss issues they face in...
Reproductive Justice Scholars Convening

Reproductive Justice Scholars Convening

Beginning with a first meeting at the American Academy of Religion, Professor Kao was part of a cohort of scholars who was trained in the “reproductive justice” framework by consultants of Religious Coalition for Religious Choice. All told, they met twice...
Wabash: Colloquy on Midcareer Asian American Faculty

Wabash: Colloquy on Midcareer Asian American Faculty

Grace Kao was invited to take part in two week-long conferences in the 2016-2017 academic year for Asian/Asian North American mid-career faculty in religion and theology. Held on two separate weeks at Claremont School of Theology, the participants discussed particular...