Team
Leadership
Director
Tara McKay, PhD
(she / her / hers)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
- Affiliated Faculty in Sociology; Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Associate Director
Christopher “Kitt” Carpenter, PhD
(he / him / his)
- E. Bronson Ingram University Professor of Economics and Health Policy
- Affiliated Faculty in Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; the Vanderbilt Law School; Leadership, Policy, and Organizations; Medicine, Health, and Society; and Gender and Sexuality Studies
Associate Director
Kirsty Clark, PhD, MPH
(she / her / hers)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Public Policy Studies; and Psychology and Human Development
Associate Director
Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHS
(he / him / his)
- Director of Public Policy Studies
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society
- Affiliated Faculty of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Public Policy Studies
Core Faculty
Executive Committee Member
Ellen Armour, PhD
(she / her / hers)
- E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Feminist Theology
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Associate Professor of Feminist Theology
- Director of the Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Stephanie A. Budwey, MSM, ThD
(she / her / hers)
- Luce Dean’s Faculty Fellow Assistant Assistant Professor in the History and Practice of Christian Worship and the Arts
- Director of the Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program
Katherine Crawford, PhD
(she / her / hers)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of History
- Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Chair of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Marcus Dillender, PhD
(he / him / his)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society and Economics
Rachel Donnelly, PhD
(she / her / hers)
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
Cindy Kam, PhD
(she / her / hers)
- William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair and Professor of Political Science
- Director of the Research on Individuals, Politics, & Society Lab
- Affiliated Faculty of Psychology and Human Development
Luis Leyva, PhD
(he / him / his)
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
- Affiliated Faculty of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Matthew Shaw, EdD, EdM, JD
(he / him / his)
- Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Education and Law
Lawrence Stacey, PhD
(he / him / his)
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
Campus Partners & Community Organizations
We have strong relationships with the following campus partners and community organizations which engage LGBTQ communities, enhance the design and conduct of research, share findings, and translate research to policy recommendations.
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender and Sexuality
Vanderbilt Divinity School
Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County