Dr. Z Nicolazzo (she/her) is an associate professor of Trans* Studies in Education in the Department of Educational Policy Studies & Practice at the University of Arizona. She has served ACPA in various leadership roles, including serving as the current Executive Editor of About Campus. She is also the author of Trans* In College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion (2017) and co-author of Digital Me: Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online (2023). She started her membership with ACPA in 2005 as a then-graduate student in Western Illinois University’s College Student Personnel program. She also holds degrees from Roger Williams University (BA, Philosophy) and Miami University (PhD Student Affairs in Higher Education). Her recent scholarship focuses on discourses of gender as they influence college experiences for transgender students, the specific effects of transmisogyny, and grief and loss. She lives in Tucson, Arizona with her partner and Daisy, their 2 year old cattle dog/pittie mix.