Jessica L. Bratt Carle
[email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicabratt
Education
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PhD, Vanderbilt University, Religion, Psychology, and Culture, 2012 - present
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Committee members: Dr. Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Dr. Jaco Hamman, Dr. Keith
Meador, Dr. Larry Churchill
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Clinical placement: Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (2012-2014)
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MA, Vanderbilt University, Religion, Psychology, and Culture, 2016
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M. Div., Princeton Theological Seminary, 2005
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BA, Calvin College, Religion, Psychology (honors), 2002
Work Experience
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee (October 2015- )
Staff support contract chaplain
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt,
Nashville, Tennessee (August 2012-August 2015)
On-call chaplain
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St. Thomas Health, Nashville, Tennessee (August 2014-June 2015)
PRN Chaplain (St. Thomas West, St. Thomas Midtown, St. Thomas Rutherford)
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Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Sept. 2010-July 2012 )
Chaplain
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Reformed Church in America, national office, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Oct. 2008-Aug. 2010)
Executive Coordinator, Office of the General Secretary
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Church of the Servant, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Aug. 2007-Sept. 2008)
Resident Pastor
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Yale Child Study Center, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut (July 2006-July 2007)
Research assistant, Child Development Unit
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Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut (Sept. 2005-May 2006)
Chaplain, Clinical Pastoral Education Resident
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Old First Reformed Church, Brooklyn, New York (Sept. 2003-May 2004)
Pastoral intern
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland (May-Aug. 2004)
Chaplain, Clinical Pastoral Education Intern
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Snow Mountain Ranch, YMCA of the Rockies, Winter Park, Colorado (May-August 2002)
Chaplain’s Assistant
Teaching
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Teaching Fellow, Pastoral Theology and Care, Vanderbilt Divinity School, with Dr. Phillis
Sheppard (Fall 2014)
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Teaching Fellow, Field Education, Vanderbilt Divinity School, with Director Viki Matson
(Academic year 2013-2014)
Fellowships and Awards
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Graduate Fellow, Vanderbilt University Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society (2014- )
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Program in Theology and Practice, Doctoral Fellowship, Vanderbilt University (2012- )
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University Graduate Fellowship, Vanderbilt University (2012- )
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Vocational Friendship Grant, The Fund for Theological Education (Oct. 2011, Oct. 2012)
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Seward Hiltner Prize for Theology and Personality (Princeton Theological Seminary, 2005)
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Samuel Robinson Prize (Princeton Theological Seminary, 2005)
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Presidential Fellowship (Princeton Theological Seminary, 2002-2005)
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Presidential Scholarship (Calvin College, 1998-2002)
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William and Anna VandenBosch Scholarship (Calvin College, 2000-2002)
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McGregor Summer Research Fellowship (Calvin College, Summer 2001)
Credentials
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Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains (since 2011)
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Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, Reformed Church in America (since 2008)
Board Service
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Advisory board, Institute for Congregational Trauma and Growth (2015- )
Memberships
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Association of Professional Chaplains
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Pediatric Chaplains Network
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The Young Clergy Women Project
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Joint Research Council – Pediatric Chaplains Network representative
Book Reviews
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At Home in the World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion and Art by Don Capps. Scottish Journal of
Theology 69(2), 247–49 (May 2016).
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Renewing Pastoral Practice: Trinitarian Perspectives on Pastoral Care and Counselling by Neil
Pembroke. Conversations in Religion and Theology 7, 84-92 (2009).
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“Incarnation: The ‘amazing act of gracious condescension,’” review of Incarnation by Thomas F.
Torrance, Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought (May 2009).
Conference Presentations
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“Screen time and spirituality: Chaplains and children in the Digital Age,” Association of
Professional Chaplains Annual Conference, Louisville, KY (June 2015)
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“Compassion Fatigue and the Wounded Healer: The cost of caring and the possibilities of
compassion,” co-presenter at the Pediatric Chaplains Network National Conference, Boston,
MA (May 2015)
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“Children in the Digital Age: 3 ways technology is shaping childhood,” Global Summit on
Childhood, Association for Child Education International, Vancouver, BC, Canada (April 2014)
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“Embodied Knowing: A Survey of Clergy Women,” American Academy of Religion, Practical
Theology Group and Psychology, Culture and Religion Group joint session, Baltimore, MD
(November 2013)
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“More than an iPad: the Role of Technology in the Spiritual Care of Children and Families,”
Pediatric Chaplains Network National Conference, Winter Park, FL (April 2013)
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“The Embodied Experience of Women Clergy,” Koinonia Forum, Princeton, NJ (March 2013)
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Co-presenter, “Teaching toward Virtue: Curriculum as Formation at Calvin College,” Jon C.
Dalton Institute on College Student Values, Tallahassee, FL (Feb. 2002)
Other teaching and presentations
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“In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice,” by Bonnie Miller-McLemore, two
week book study, Christian Parenting Class, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN (April
2016)
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“Final Gifts,” Four week Lenten study on death and dying, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
Memphis, TN (Feb.-March 2016)
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“Youth, Faith, and Social Media,” Parents of Confirmands Class, Idlewild Presbyterian Church,
Memphis, TN (January 2016)
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“Medical ethics and hospital chaplaincy,” guest speaker, Vanderbilt University, “Ethics and
Medicine” (PHIL 270) course taught by Dean Russell McIntire (Spring 2015)
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Co-facilitator, Ethics clerkship session in Pediatrics, with Jessica Turnbull, MD, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine (Spring 2015)
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Co-facilitator, Ethics clerkship session in Neuro/Psych, with Dr. David Schenck, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine (Spring 2015)
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“Pediatric Chaplaincy,” Didactic for resident chaplains in the St. Thomas/Nashville Clinical
Pastoral Education Partnership (October 2014)
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“Hospital chaplaincy,” guest lecture, Fuller Theological Seminary, “Fundamentals of
Chaplaincy,” course taught by Navy Chaplain Alan Baker (June 2014)
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“Chaplain’s use of the iPad with the hospitalized child,” presentation to chaplains at Boston
Children’s Hospital (October 2013)
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“A Chaplain Chats about Children,” four week education series on support for families
experiencing illness, loss, or disability of a child. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nashville,
TN (September 2013)
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“Hospital chaplaincy,” guest lecture, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, “Foundations of
Institutional Ministry and Chaplaincy” course taught by Navy Chaplain Alan Baker (August
2013)
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Panel presenter, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow - A Girl’s Last Wish: A case of ventilator
withdrawal at home,” Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Faculty Seminar,
Boston, MA (May 2012)
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“Challenges in our Spiritual Journey,” Crossroads Conference for Women, Reformed Church
Synod of the Mid-Atlantics, Long Beach Island, NJ (April 2010)
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Invited speaker, Calvin College, Communication Ethics (CAS 352), course taught by Dr. Mark
Fackler, Grand Rapids, MI (Oct. 2008, March 2009, October 2009)
Writing, editing and preaching:
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“Compassion Fatigue and the Wounds of Caregiving,” Institute for Congregational Trauma and
Growth blog (May 2016) http://www.ictg.org/blog/compassion-fatigue-and-the-wounds-ofcaregiving
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“To Belong, We Need to Be Missed,” Interview with John Swinton. Church Health Reader
(Winter 2016) http://chreader.org/to-belong-we-need-to-be-missed/
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Words of Hope devotional series: Death and Bereavement (June 1-15, 2016)
https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2016/06/01, Fruits of the Spirit (May 1-15, 2014)
https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2014/05/01, Thessalonians (May 1-16, 2013)
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http://woh.org/word/devotionals/2012/04/16
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Contributing writer (bimonthly) to The Twelve, the blog of Perspectives: A journal of Reformed
thought (Oct. 2011- Nov. 2015 ) http://blog.perspectivesjournal.org
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Editorial Assistant for “Best Practices” issue of Sacred Spaces, The E-Journal of the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors (Summer 2013)
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“Open the Gates,” sermon published in Shook Foil Books Young Preachers Compilation (March
2012) http://www.shookfoilbooks.com/page6/index.html
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“The Art of the Non-Anxious Presence,” Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought (January
2012) http://www.rca.org/Page.aspx?pid=7899
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Contributing writer to Call and Response blog and Faith and Leadership website, Leadership
Education at Duke Divinity (May 2010-April 2011)
http://www.faithandleadership.com/people-news/writers/jessica-bratt
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Sermons preached at Church of the Servant, Grand Rapids, MI, (2007, 2008, 2009) available at
http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/mp3-sermons
Ecclesiastical and Ecumenical service
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Commission on Race and Ethnicity, Reformed Church in America (2016-2019)
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Delegate to the World Communion of Reformed Churches “Consultation on Communion,”
Grand Rapids, MI (February 2014)
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Delegate to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, Pella, IA (June 2013)
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Small group moderator for “Conversations,” RCA denominational discernment event, Orlando,
FL (January 2012)
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World Communion of Reformed Churches, Uniting General Council, Grand Rapids, MI (June
2010). Served on North American Arrangements Committee, served as delegate representing
Reformed Church in America
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Delegate to Christian Churches Together in the USA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (January
2009)
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