Oral Historian, 2024 Fellow
Breighlynn M. Polk is a cultural historian, oral historian, archivist, and educator from New Iberia, Louisiana. Her work centers on oral history, archival preservation, descendant communities, and expanding access to historically underrepresented African American narratives. She served as the inaugural Archival Project Fellow for the HBCU Radio Preservation Project and currently continues her work with the project as an oral historian, helping to document and preserve the histories and cultural contributions of historically Black college and university radio stations.
Polk previously served as Executive Director of the Iberia African American Historical Society, where she led community-centered archival initiatives, historical research, and public programming. She also teaches Black Studies at Kennesaw State University, bringing her experience in public history and community engagement into the classroom.