Research Program Mentors
Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.
Kaitlin
DNP
Expertise
Public health, healthcare, child health policy, resilience, child development
Howard
PhD
Expertise
political science, international relations, conflict and war, political violence, authoritarian politics, computational social science, network analysis, experiments, causal inference
William
Industry expert
Expertise
Data Science, Data Analysis and Software Development with a focus on data reporting and management
Jonathan
PhD
Expertise
Japanese history and literature, German history, comparative history, history of the Second World War, history of social movements, history of science and technology, environmental history
Colette
PhD
Expertise
Linguistics, Acoustics, Phonetics, Voice Acting, Vocal Tract Anatomy, Audiobook Narration
Zoey
MD/PhD candidate
Expertise
economics, medicine, healthcare, public health, policy, data science, classics, biology, chemistry
Nashali
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neuro-immunology, behavioral neuroscience, depression, antidepressants, Alzheimer’s, gut-brain axis
Andrew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science
Beto
MPhil
Expertise
Modern British History, Environmental History, American History, History of War, Sustainability
Dominique
PhD
Expertise
Research, Social Science, Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Equality and Diversity
Connor
PhD candidate
Expertise
American history, African-American history, Atlantic history, Southern history, Black studies, gender and sexuality studies, carceral studies, social history, oral history, Black feminist and queer theory
Matthew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Graphic design, data science, sustainability, participatory design, information design, sound design, film making, photography, creative writing, user experience design
Claire
MSW
Expertise
Public health, reproductive health, sexual health, violence prevention, advocacy, clinical therapy
Isaias
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ethnic Studies, Performance Studies (Race and Gender), Comparative Literature, Contemporary US Literature, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Literary Analysis, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Queer Theory, Latinx Studies, Race in America, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Abjection, Affect, Aesthetics, Decolonial Pedagogy, Creative Writing, Autofiction, Fiction, Experimental Writing, Personal Epistemology as Knowledge-Making
Andrew
PhD
Expertise
Media, Culture, Technology, AI and Ethics, Politics, History, Music, Gender, Religion, Anthropology, International Relations, the Middle East