Rate My Professor Kelsey White

White’s research specializations center on professional spiritual care and chaplaincy in healthcare, including chaplain utilization, staffing, scope of service, and integration into community health initiatives. Notable publications include “Provision of chaplaincy services in U.S. hospitals: A strategic conformity perspective” (Health Care Management Review, 2023), “Supporting staff: The role of health care chaplains” (Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 2022), “Chaplain staffing and scope of service: Benchmarking spiritual care departments” (Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 2022), “Examining factors associated with utilization of chaplains in the acute care setting” (Journal of Religion & Health, 2022), and “The influence of patient and provider religious and spiritual beliefs on treatment decision-making in the cancer care context” (Medical Decision Making, 2022). She has secured awards and fellowships such as the Transforming Chaplaincy Research Fellowship (2016–2019, John Templeton Foundation and Rush University), Delta Omega Beta Phi Public Health Honorary (2018), National Science Foundation Center for Health Organization Transformation Student Poster Winner (2019), and ACPE Foundation Innovative Program Award (2017–2018). White contributes to the field through presentations at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on the business case for spiritual care and the Association of Professional Chaplains conference, and leads grants like Spiritual Care Services in Community Health Initiatives (2023–2025).