Polly S. Mayer

Polly Mayer, M.Ed., ET/P, has worked in education for her entire career. First as a classroom teacher, then as an educational therapist, and clinic director, and most recently as an associate professor and director of the Notre Dame de Namur University Master’ss in Educational Therapy Programprogram. She cares deeply about equity and anti-racism, andracism and has worked to incorporate principles of anti-bias throughout her career. She received her B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Amherst College, her a Multi-subject Teaching Credential from Mills College, and her a M.A. in Educational Therapy from Holy Names University. Polly was the director of the Clinic at Raskob Learning Institute and Day School in Oakland, CA, from 2009-2019 and director of the Educational Therapy Program at Holy Names University from 2019-2023. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Educational Therapists.