Dr. Loraine Sims is the Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor of Voice, Vocal Studies Division Chair, and Vocal Area Coordinator at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she teaches Voice and Vocal Pedagogy. She has achieved critical-acclaim for her “vibrant, bell-like soprano” as well as her “warm intimacy, engaging passion and casual artistry.”  She has become an industry leader in voice pedagogy of transgender singers. Professional activities include a pre-conference workshop, “Teaching Outside the Gender Binary: Working with Transgender and Non-Binary Singers” for the 2018 National NATS Conference and,“What the Fach? Voice Dysphoria in the Transgender and Genderqueer Singer” for the Voice Foundation’s 2018 Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice in Philadelphia. Dr. Sims is the chair of the NATS Advocacy Committee, the NATS Foundation Liaison for the Southern Region, and a past Southern Regional NATS Governor. Her students have been winners in national and regional competitions, sing in regional opera and concert venues, and are teaching at schools and universities in the US and abroad.