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...
AAR: Transpacific Asian American Religions

AAR: Transpacific Asian American Religions

Dr. Kao presided over an Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society roundtable at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (in San Diego, CA) featuring a discussion of new books by Melissa Borja, Helen Jin Kim, and Justin Tse, with Minjung Noh...
Co-charing APARRI 2024

Co-charing 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,...
SCE: Shame about Reproductive Matters

SCE: Shame about Reproductive Matters

Grace Kao spoke at the Families and Social Responsibility Interest Group with other panelists (MT Davila and Kari-Shane Davis) & convener Marcus Mescher at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago, IL. She discussed the role shame plays...