Rev. Kirstin Boswell
Chaplain and Dean of Multifaith Engagement, Elon University
Profiles in African-American Chaplaincy
Field of chaplaincy: Higher education
- Prior to joining Elon, Reverend Boswell was Associate Dean of Student Support Services at Brown University. Her former roles have included serving as Chaplain to the Institute and Director of the Office of Religious Life at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Protestant Chaplain at both Brown University and Bentley University, and the Director of Operations for The International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities at the University of Chicago.
- Reverend Boswell has served in congregational ministry for almost twenty years and is an American Baptist clergy person holding a Master of Divinity from The University of Chicago Divinity School. She is currently completing her PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where her writing focuses on Womanist Theology and analyzing the call narratives of African American clergywomen.
- Boswell’s publications include Boswell, G. H. & Boswell-Ford, K. (2010). Testing a SEM Model of Two Religious Concepts and Experiential Spirituality. Journal of Religion and Health, 49 (2), 200- 211; Boswell-Ford, K. (2009). Self and the Home-Place: Self-identity and God in African American Culture. In D. Hopkins and M. Lewis (Eds.), Another World is Possible. (pp.313-330). London: Equinox Publishing; and Boswell-Ford, K. (2007). Self-identity and African American Women. Paper presented at the Aboriginal Community Development Association, Adelaide, Australia.