Gay H. Welch, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean/Director of Religious Life
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

Email: gay.h.welch@vanderbilt.edu

The Director of Religious Life coordinates religious affairs, works with Affiliated Chaplains and student religious organizations, directs Interfaith Ministries, provides counseling for students, faculty and staff, oversees two chapels, and administers values and issues-oriented programs. Gay serves as the co-chair of the Women's Faculty Organization and is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Science. Ethics and Feminism and Women and Religion are among the courses she teaches.

Read the Director's Welcome statement.