Chase J. Catalano

D. Chase J. Catalano is an associate professor of Higher Education at Virginia Tech. Chase’s career in higher education began in student affairs where he had roles in residence life, fraternity and sorority life, and admissions. His final appointment before he transitioned to faculty was as Director of the LGBT Resources Center at Syracuse University. His research focuses on social justice education and pedagogies, trans and queer issues in higher education, and higher education graduate program curricula. His current research projects focus on the liberatory potentials of Safe Zone trainings (LGBTQ+ social justice educational interventions) and trans and queer center(ed) diversity work in the midst of these politically tumultuous times. Chase received a Spencer Foundation Conference Grant and in the summer of 2023 brought together practitioners and scholars to think with each other about how to engage in racial justice and anti-racism work in LGBTQ+ Centers. He was also on the Project Team for a 2024 National Endowment of the Humanities summer institute on the history of higher education as the Higher Education Pedagogy Facilitator. He is a co-editor of Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, 4th edition (Routledge, 2018) and the forthcoming 5th edition, as well as Advising and Supporting in Student Affairs (Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 2021). He is currently working on two different co-edited volumes, one on trans and queer center(ed) diversity workers (Peter Lang) and learning from trans and queer studies (Routledge). Beyond his various book chapters, his publications appeared in Equity & Excellence in Education, Journal for Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ), and The Review of Higher Education.