Elizabeth Nickrenz is Associate Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University. She is the author of Living on the Spectrum: Autism and Youth in Community, and co-editor, with Clarice Rios, of Autism in Translation: An Intercultural Conversation on Autism Spectrum Conditions. She is President-Elect of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, and an Editor-In-Chief of the journal Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. She is the lead singer of Pittsburgh darkwave band Take Me With You and DJ's with the Treasure team.