Meet the Team

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Phone:(781) 283-2685
Fax: (781) 283-3676
Email: vkazanji@wellesley.edu

DEAN VICTOR KAZANJIAN

Dean of Intercultural Education and Religious and Spiritual Life.

Co-director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program

Co-founder of the Education as Transformation project

Biographical Information

Publications, Speeches, Poems and Prayers

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

The Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life is responsible for coordinating religious and spiritual life at Wellesley College. In this work the Dean does not represent any one religious tradition, but rather oversees religious and spiritual life on campus including religious-specific programs, interreligious understanding, dialogue and conflict transformation with pastoral care; coordinates educational programs on moral, ethical, religious and spiritual issues and leads multi-faith community worship opportunities throughout the year. The Dean also acts as a liaison to religious groups on campus, in the town of Wellesley and in the Greater Boston area and is involved nationally and internationally in issues of religious diversity, dialogue and peacemaking.

 

THE RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL LIFE TEAM

The Religious Life Team is comprised of chaplains and advisors currently representing the Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant Christian, Roman Catholic Christian and Unitarian Universalist religious traditions. Together with the Dean and the Assistant to the Dean, this team meets weekly for discussion, prayer/meditation and program planning. Through this collective work the religious life team models a new way of working towards common goals while respecting and celebrating difference and diversity. 

Donna Matson

Assistant to the Dean

 

Najiba Akbar

Muslim Chaplain

Rev. Pamela Barz '83 

Unitarian Universalist Chaplain

David Bernat

Jewish Chaplain

Nancy Corcoran

Catholic Chaplain

Jennifer Dennis

Assistant to Hillel

Vaishali Gupta

Hindu Advisor

Kat Hampson

Liaison to Evengelical Christian Communities

Amy O'Toole

Coordinator of Houghton Chapel and Multifaith Center

Ji Hyang Padma '91

Director of Spirituality and Education, Buddhist Chaplain

Patti Sheinman

Director of Hillel

Kelly Stone

Director of Multifaith Programs, Protestant Chaplain

 

 

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION

 

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Phone: 781-283-2685

Fax: 781- 283-3676