Meet our Staff
Gay H. Welch, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean/Director of Religious Life
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
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.
Gary P. White, M.Div.
Associate Director of Religious Life
gary.p.white@vanderbilt.edu
Check out Gary's Facebook Page.
 The Reverend Gary White specializes in pastoral theology and care for the Office of Religious Life. He serves on the University's Critical Incident Stress Management team and is a "trained trainer" in Pastoral Crisis Intervention through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.
He is a member of the Institutional Review Board for Research on Human Subjects, Behavorial Sciences Committee and is staff advisor to the Interfaith Council. Gary has co-chaired the Holocaust Lecture Series Committee and is the Chair for Project Dialogue. Gary works closely with the Ingram Scholarship Program as their monthly report facilitator and enjoys his role as Supervisor with Vanderbilt Divinity School's Field Education Program.
Gary is a private pilot and prefers flying his Light-Sport trike aircraft. He is past-President of the Middle Tennessee Ultralight Group.
Administrative Assistant
kay.tyler@vanderbilt.edu
See Kay's Facebook Page.
Kay has been a Vanderbilt employee since 1986, and joined the group as the administrative assistant to the Religious Life office in December 2005. She is delighted to have joined such an enthusiastic and dedicated group, and ‘Tarpley' has already become her home away from home. Kay serves as a representative to the University Staff Advisory Council.
She married a fellow Vanderbilt employee in April 2005, after he considerately built an addition to his house to accommodate her books! He is also tolerant of her other passions: koalas and Australia, and promoting literacy.
Office Assistant
debra.j.flowers@vanderbilt.edu
Starting my ninth year as Office Assistant for the Religious Life office reveals enjoyment with my job, but more so, the extent that I cherish the people surrounding me at Vanderbilt. Although they are named as "colleagues," I consider them as part of my extended family.
I have been married to my best friend Mike for the past 24 years and, when not at Vanderbilt, he is who I enjoy spending time with. We have two sons, Jim who is 20 and in school at Tennessee Tech University, and Mark who is 19 and in school at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
As a Notary Public I am able to serve the broader campus community and as an amateur athlete, I enjoy training for the Country Music Half Marathon. The 2008 half marathon will be my third, and each year I have the goal of beating my previous year's time. I am a volunteer for the Sports 4 All Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for those with disabilities, by providing funding and equipment to enable full participation in sporting and recreation activities.
Chaplain Intern/Graduate Assistant
Shauna_StClair@hotmail.com
Shauna St.Clair is a third year Vanderbilt Divinity School student from Fredericksburg, Virginia. She completed her undergraduate coursework in biology at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently in the process of Ordination through the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Shauna is looking forward to a career of collaborative efforts between parish ministry and community health programming.
Actively involved in the Vanderbilt community, she is a member of Black Seminarians and the Disciples Divinity House. This year she will be serving as the Student Government President for the Divinity School.
As a Graduate assistant, Shauna will serve as a liaison between the Office of Religious Life and student religious organizations and will be actively programming events.
Shauna loves to travel and looks forward to spending time in Venezuela and Brazil this summer.
We enthusiastically welcome Shauna to the Office of Religious Life!
ALSO: Who's who among our Affiliated Chaplains and Directors.
Religious Life
2417 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: 615-322-2457
Fax: 615-343-8355
Email: gay.h.welch@vanderbilt.edu
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