Polly Mayer
Polly S. Mayer
Associate Professor, Director, MA ET Program

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 Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ 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.