Speaking, cont’d
Peruse all of Grace Kao’s speaking engagements from 2003-2019 below.
2015-2019
Luke Bretherton’s Book Launch at Duke
Grace Kao participated. in Luke Bretherton's book launch for his...
Pedagogy Workshop about Teaching Online
Grace Kao was invited by her students at Claremont Graduate...
Evolving Faith’s Anam Cara
Grace Kao delivered the opening meditations and served as "spiritual...
Sexual Ethics Beyond Purity Culture at PAAC
Grace Kao served on a panel with Liz Lin and Michael Campos on...
Williamette Talk about Righting Wrongs
Grace Kao was invited to deliver a lecture and teach a class as part...
Georgetown Talk on Reparations
Grace Kao was invited to deliver a paper for the Religion, Culture,...
AAR: Trusting Women
Grace was invited to participate in a roundtable sponsored by the...
AAR: Beyond Forgiveness and Reconciliation
At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR)...
AAR: Launching their New Book
Grace Kao and her co-editor, Rebecca Todd Peters, presented on their...
The Question of Reparations
As an invited lecturer for the Philosophy of Religion and Theology...
Loma Linda University Presentation
Professor Kao was invited to give a Bioethics Grand Round Lecture on...
SCE Women’s Caucus Presentation
In the wake of #metoo, Professor Kao was invited to serve on a panel...
SCE Paper on Surrogacy
Professor Kao made her debut presentation on the ethics on surrogacy...
AAR Presentations about Animals and Religion
At the AAR, Dr. Kao delivered two presentations in the Animals and...
Celebrating Asian Americans in Theology
On the occasion of Frank Yamada's ascendancy to the top position at...
Interrogating Consumerist Culture
As CST was exploring a partnership with Willamette University in...
APSA: Revisiting Robert Bellah’s “Civil Religion”
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Robert Bellah's influential...
Yuri Kochiyama Presentations
Dr. Kao has been working on Yuri Kochiyama's progressive Christian...
PANAAWTM: A Frank Talk about the Job Market
At the annual meeting of the Pacific, Asian & North American...
Project on Lived Theology Spring Institute
Dr. Kao has been invited to take part in a two-year project...
A Response to Mary Fulkerson
Dr. Kao was invited to respond to Prof. Fulkerson's work at a...
PANAAWTM: The Nuts and Bolts of Publishing
With her colleagues including Gale Yee, Dr. Kao led PANAAWTM...
Theological Education Today
With her colleague Jeffrey Kuan, Dr. Kao was invited to speak about...
Discussing Race in Light of BLM
Dr. Kao was invited to share her perspective on why Christians...
Asian American Christian Ethics Book Launch
At the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Toronto,...
A Critical Conversation about Asian American Christian Ethics
Professor Kao organized a panel of leading theologians (Kwok Pui...
Discussing Race at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Grace Kao led retreat attendees into a fishbowl discussion about...
Sharing My Story to Women Seminarians
At the annual gathering of women seminarians of the North American...
SRER: Reparations for Chinese North Americans
Professor Kao presented a paper with Justin H.K. Tse at the Society...
Three Presentations at PANAAWTM
Dr. Kao was an active participant at the most recent annual meeting...
2010-2014
International Theo-Politics Symposium on Barth
Professor Kao completed her second trip to the Ruhr-Universität...
Feminist Theology: Four Perspectives
As part of a Claremont School of Theology alumni event, Grace Kao...
PANAAWTM Talk on Finding My Voice
Grace Kao was invited to reflect on her development as a scholar at...
SCE: The Future of Christian Ethics Discussion
Grace Kao was invited to take part in the Society of Christian...
Women and Violence in the Bible
Grace Kao was invited to take part in the Symposium: Violence...
Feminism and Religion – Friends, Foes, or Unlikely Allies?
The Pomona College Women's Union invited Dr. Kao to speak on the...
2012 AAR Presentations
Dr. Kao was quite active at this year's annual meeting of the...
Christian Stewardship on the Environment
Grace Kao was delivered to speak to the good people at Claremont...
The Complexities of Asian American Identity
At the invitation of one of her students, James Kang, Dr. Kao spoke...
A Christian Perspective on Patriotism
Dr. Kao was asked to deliver the keynote address at the national...
PANAAWTM: The Challenges of Building Solidarity
Dr. Kao served as a panelist for a session at the annual meeting of...
The Past, Present, and Future of Feminist Theologies
Dr. Kao was the convener/facilitator of a session entitled “Feminist...
Whitehead Film Festival Discussion Leader
At Marjori Suchoki's invitation, Dr. Kao served as the discussion...
SCE: Book Discussion and Presentation
At the Society of Christian Ethics annual meeting held in...
Women’s Salon Talk about Vocation
Dr. Kao spoke at a salon in the Women's Studies in Religion program...
AAR: Thinking Animals & Religion, Rethinking Ethics
Dr. Kao was invited to respond to a panel sponsored by the Animals...
AAR: Feminism & Religion Project
Dr. Kao was one of the panelists to present the new blogsite...
FTE: Approaching Grad School Strategically
Upon the invitation of the Fund for Theological Education (FTE) and...
CST Inaugural Lecture
Grace Kao delivered her inaugural lecture entitled "Don't Ask, Don't...
Living Out the Gospel II: Asian American History
Grace Kao was an invited plenary panelist at an event sponsored by...
AAR: Responding to David Loy’s “Healing Ecology”
The Comparative Religious Ethics & the Buddhist...
Confronting the Structures of Injustice
Grace Kao co-taught at weeklong class on Christian perspectives on...
SCE: Developing Asian American Christian Ethics
Grace Kao presented this paper in the Asian and Asian American...
2003-2009
Honoring David Little
Grace Kao was invited to speak at a conference on religion, ethics...
Speaking about War
Grace Kao was invited to speak about the major positions Christians...
Reflections on the VT Shooting
Dr. Kao was invited to speak at George Washington University about...
The Search for Religious Meaning in the VT Shootings
Dr. Kao was faculty at Virginia Tech when a shooting tragedy...
Bridging the Church and Academy Divide
Professor Kao was invited to speak at a meeting of the PCUSA Social...
Work-Life Policies & Strategies
Professor Kao was invited by the Organization of Women Faculty to...
Sorority Girl or Feminist: Must One Choose?
Dr. Kao spoke during the Through Feminist Eyes series about the...
VT Interfaith Service for Prayer and Remembrance
Dr. Kao was one of two invited speakers (the other was the Rev. Alex...
SCE Plenary about Managing Diversity
Dr. Kao was invited to speak about diversity, equity, and inclusion...
SCE: Nonsectarian Prayer in the Military Chaplaincy
Dr. Kao presented her paper about the push toward "nonsectarian...
AAR: Proselytization Revisited
Dr. Kao delivered a paper about typologies of anti-proselytization...
Ecofeminist Ethics
Dr. Kao was invited to serve on a panel in the comparative religious...
The John Kerry Communion Controversy
The Young Democrats at Virginia Tech invited Prof. Kao to speak...
Christian Reflections on the Pledge of Allegiance
Grace Kao was invited to give a lectue to Shenandoah Univesity in...
SCE: Christian Reflections on the Pledge of Allegiance
Grace Kao presented her work on the Pledge of Allegiance to the 2006...
AAR: The Pledge of Allegiance and Civil Religion
Grace Kao presented a paper with Jerome Copulsky at the 2005 annual...
Lecture on Pacifism or Just War
As a member of Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Grace Kao led the...
Ecofeminist Ethics Presentation
Grace Kao was invited to present a paper at the International...
IAHR Presentation on Proselytization
Grace Kao was invited to present a paper on proselytization at the...
AAR Presentation on Ecofeminism
Grace Kao presented a paper at the AAR-Southeastern Region...
Erasmus Institute Summer Fellowship
Dr. Kao participated in a three-week University of Notre...
Symposium on Religion and Politics
Grace Kao presented her work on evaluating consensus-based...
A Frank Talk About Sex to College Students
Grace Kao spoke with college students at Cooper House - the...
First AAR Presentation on Human Rights
Grace Kao made her debut at the American Academy of Religion in the...
Cooper House Talk about Conscience
Grace Kao was invited again to Cooper House - the fellowship of...
Haverford College Presentation
Grace Kao was invited to deliver a guest lecture to faculty and...
Virginia Tech Job Talk
Grace Kao was invited to give a lecture on human rights theory at...
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