APARRI 2024

APARRI 2024

Dr. Kao served as the co-chair of the 2024 APARRI conference. Held at UC Berkeley from June 11-13, this year’s theme was Religion & Solidarity in Precarious Times and featured keynote speaker Simran Jeet Singh. In addition to overseeing plenary panels,...
Loma Linda U. Lecture

Loma Linda U. Lecture

The Center for Christian Bioethics and the Loma Linda University Health Humanities Program invited Grace Kao to speak about her latest book. She spoke on surrogacy from a Christian perspective and two LMU faculty responded to her talk: Grace Oei and Janice De-Whyte....
Fordham U. Visit

Fordham U. Visit

At the invitation of Professor Cristina Traina, Grace Kao delivered a guest presentation to students on her recent work on surrogacy in her course on religion and reproductive ethics. This was her first visit to Fordham University.          Press...
Moderating a PANAAWTM panel

Moderating a PANAAWTM panel

Dr. Kao recently moderated the opening panel on intergenerational trauma and collective healing during the annual PANAAWTM conference while meeting with fellow board members to engage in strategic planning. As co-chair of the mentoring and education group, she also...
Vanderbilt Div School Lecturer

Vanderbilt Div School Lecturer

Professor Kao was the 50th Antoinette Brown Lecturer at Vanderbilt Divinity School on March 4-5, 2024. The title of her lecture was “Can Surrogacy be Feminist? How about Christian?” Dr. Kao enjoyed meeting with the Divinity school community, having dinner...