Name: Jessica Starr

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2017

School Name: Hartford Seminary

Major: Religious Studies

Description: Jaye Starr is a Muslim hospital chaplain and co-editor of Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America (Templeton Press). A graduate of Hartford Seminary's Islamic Chaplaincy Program she has served 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.

Sponsor: ISF