Rev. Jessica Chapman Lape

EXPERTISE

Intercultural and Interreligious Chaplaincy
Indigenous Birthwork Practices
Reproductive Justice Theory
Clinical Pastoral Theology
Womanist Pastoral Theology
Black Women’s Health and Healthcare
Black Feminist Epistemologies 

EDUCATION

Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, Expected Graduation Date: May 2021
Ph.D. Candidate, Department: Spiritual Care and Counseling
Concentration: Clinical Spiritual Care
Dissertation Title: “MissTreated: A Clinical Pastoral Womanist Theology on African American Women’s Mistreatment in U.S. Healthcare”

Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem, NC, 2014
Master of Divinity
Concentration: Faith and Health of the Public

Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, 2011
Bachelor of Science in Health Education, summa cum laude
Concentration: Community Health

PUBLICATIONS

In Progress: “Living Human Narratives: A Womanist Clinical Pastoral Theology on Mistreatment in Healthcare and Covid-19”

Chapman, Jessica. “A Meditation,” In Crocus Blooms in Wilderness Places: Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections During COVID-19, edited by Jill Y. Crainshaw and Lindsey Clifton, Kindle Location 910-926, Winston-Salem, NC: Liberty Partners Press, 2020.

Cutts, Teresa, Langdon, Sarah, Meza, Francis Rivers, et. al. “Community Health Asset Mapping Partnership Engages Hispanic/Latino Health Seekers and Providers.” North Carolina Medical Journal 77, no. 3 (2016), 160-167.

Mead, Antonia and Chapman, Jessica. “There is No “I” in Pregnancy: Peers Educating Peers about Preconception Health.” The Physical Educator 45, no. 1 (2013), 31-34.

PRESENTATIONS, LECTURING, AND WORKSHOPS

2020

Keynote Speaker, “Womanist(Health)Care: Reimagining Healthcare for African American Women in Covid-19,” Coloring Mental Health Collective Virtual Conference: Grief, Rage, and Political Action: Caring for the Black and Brown People from Womanist and Mujerista Perspectives during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Guest Lecturer, “Collective Boundary Setting,” Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Clinical Pastoral Education Program, Winston-Salem, NC

Intended Workshop Facilitator, “Collective Boundary Setting,” Annual Meeting for the Society of Pastoral Theology, Canceled Due to Covid-19 Pandemic

2019

Guest Lecturer, “Cultural Compassion in Spiritual Care,” Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Clinical Pastoral Education Program, Winston-Salem, NC

Guest Lecturer, “African American Women in the U.S. Healthcare System,” Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Paper Presenter, Dissertation Proposal, Annual Meeting for the Society of Pastoral Theology Persons of Color Pre-Conference, Denver, CO

Guest Lecturer, “Intercultural Spiritual Care,” Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA

Workshop Facilitator, “Cultural Compassion in Chaplaincy Care,” Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA

2018

Poster Presentation, “Cultural Compassion in Spiritual Care,” Society of Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counseling, Vienna, Austria

Paper Presentation, “Cultural Compassion in Spiritual Care,” American Academy of Religion: Western Region, Berkeley, CA

2011

Keynote Speaker, “There’s No ‘I’ In Pregnancy,” National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care, Tampa, FL

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

2019
Doctoral Fellow, Forum for Theological Exploration

2018
Fellowship Recipient, Adrienne M. and Charles Shelby Rooks Scholarship Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Theological Students

2017
Fellowship Recipient, Adrienne M. and Charles Shelby Rooks Scholarship Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Theological Students

Scholarship Recipient, Bishop Charles Golden Scholarship

 2016
Fellowship Recipient, Adrienne M. and Charles Shelby Rooks Scholarship Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Theological Students

Scholarship Recipient, Make A Difference! Doctoral Student Scholarship

2010
Fellowship Recipient, Helen and Richard Brown Fellowship