Whitney Polk is a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Human Development and Quantitative Methods division. Dr. Polk’s program of research focuses on the impact of school-based inequity and marginalization on adolescent psychosocial and academic adjustment. She is affiliated with the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, where she specifically explores relations between racial stress and trauma and disproportionate discipline for Black youth, as well as areas of intervention for both youth and educators.

Dr. Polk is deeply committed to those individuals who have been historically underserved by systems and institutions. At the core of her professional and educational experiences is a steadfast commitment to helping students thrive in educational settings. As a researcher, counselor, and advocate, Dr. Polk strives to work alongside students, their families, and educators to enhance the educational experiences of those students often neglected by the institutions meant to serve them.

References from this episode:

Dr. Whitney Polk (https://twitter.com/_WhitneyPolk, wpolk@upenn.edu)

"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett (LINK)

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education (https://www.gse.upenn.edu/)

"Recasting the Moment: Professor Howard Stevenson on Creating Change Through Racial Literacy" in The Penn GSE Magazine (LINK)

Connect:

Michael Crawford, PhD (https://twitter.com/mjcraw), (https://www.mjcraw.com)

Dr. Jane Shore (https://twitter.com/shorejaneshore)

School of Thought (https://schoolofthought.substack.com/)

Revolution School (https://revolutionschool.org/)

Community of Thought Gatherings (https://www.paispa.org/community-of-thought-gatherings)

Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) (https://www.paispa.org/)

Michael Lipset, PhD of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/)

Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)