Erin Simpson, Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel, and Colette Sterling

'Round About Campus

Welcome to 'Round About Campus, the podcast for the About Campus magazine, the scholarly magazine of ACPA-College Student Educators International. In this episode, co-hostesses Alex C. Lange and Z Nicolazzo talk with Dr. Erin Simpson, Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel, and Colette Sterling.
Dr. Erin Simpson is the director for the Gender Equality Center and Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Oklahoma. In this role, Erin works directly with queer and trans students, faculty and staff to imagine and create an equitable and affirming campus culture.
Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel is an intersectional speaker and educator, trans and queer centered diversity worker and community leader. She works full-time, engaged in trans and queer centered diversity work at Columbia University, where she directs LGBTQ student life for the undergraduate colleges. She's also the QTPOC Caucus co-chair and member of the National Advisory Council for NCORE, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity and Higher Education. Welcome.
Colette Sterling currently serves as the assistant director for Colorado State University's (CSU) Office of Parent and Family Programs (PFP). She has worked for CSU's PFP Office for several years in multiple roles, infusing the office with the core of DEIJ theory and active practice to better serve CSU’s thousands of parents, family members and student support networks. We are so excited that all three of you could join us today.
In this episode, Erin mentioned Friend of the Pod and former podcast guest Tricia Shalka's new book, Cultivating Trauma-Informed Practice in Higher Education.
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You can get a full transcript of the episode here.
And as always, thanks to Mary Ellen Wade for the 'Round About Campus cover art.