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Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler is an Oakland based award winning artist, director, writer, and the first person to hold the Ph.D. of African American Studies from Northwestern University. Dr. Ziegler is also the founder of [http://transhack.org/ Trans*H4CK]--the only tech event of its kind that spotlights trans* created tech and trans* led startups, and directed the feature-length documentary [http://www.stillblackfilm.org/ STILL BLACK: A Portrait of Black Transmen], runs the GLAAD Media Award nominated blog, [http://blackademic.com/ blac (k) ademic], and was recently named one of the Top 40 Under 40 LGBT activists by The Advocate Magazine and #29 of the most influential African Americans of 2013 by [http://www.theroot.com/articles/lists/2013/10/theroot_100/kortney_ryan_ziegler.html TheRoot100].