Black, Trans and Indie

Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler

Stevenson 101
8:30 AM

Dr. Kortney Ziegler is an Oakland-based award-winning artist, writer, and the first person to hold the Ph.D. of African American Studies from Northwestern University. He directed the multiple award winning documentary, STILL BLACK: a portrait of black transmen, runs the GLAAD Media Award nominated blog, blac(k)ademic, and was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 LGBT activists by The Advocate magazine. He also founded Trans*H4CK--the only tech event of its kind that spotlights trans* created tech and trans* led startups.