Name: Jessica Starr

Recipient Year: 2017

Major: Religious Studies

Description: Jaye Starr is an aspiring Muslim hospital chaplain and co-editor of Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America (forthcoming fall 2021, Templeton Press). A graduate of Hartford Seminary's Islamic Chaplaincy Program she currently serves on the board of the Association of Muslim Chaplains and on the Ethics Committee of a large research hospital. Jaye is interested in supporting the development of the field of Islamic chaplaincy and, within her own work, she is particularly interested in Islamic bioethics, building resiliency, pre and post-natal wellbeing, and improving the dying experience.

School Name: Hartford Seminary

Sponsor: ISF

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayestarr/