Dr. Maggie Polk
Assistant Professor
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Education: Ph.D., 2022
University of Oklahoma
Specialization:
Social Developmental Psychology
Phone:
(618) 650-2184
Office:
AH-0129
About Dr. Polk
Dr. Maggie Polk is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Polk’s research interests include exploring adolescent’s and emerging adult’s social media behaviors, as well as their motivations for engagement in those behaviors and the outcomes associated with the behaviors and motivations. In addition, she also studies adolescent popularity, and has started to explore the similarities and differences between online and offline popularity. Dr. Polk’s teaching interests include Lifespan Development, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychology of Gender, Social Psychology and Research methods. Maggie enjoys going on walks and runs through Forrest Park with her husband, playing pickleball and cooking/baking at home.
Mentoring Expertise
Maggie is available to mentor students interested in adolescent or emerging adult social media behaviors and adolescent peer relations.
Representative Publications
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Kleiser Polk, M., and Mayeux L (2022). Associations between peer-perceived and felt gender typicality and peer status in early adolescence. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 02724316221105602
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Kleiser, M., & Mayeux, L. (2021). Popularity and gender prototypicality: An experimental approach. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(1), 144–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01344-5
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Mayeux, L. & Kleiser, M. (2020). A gender prototypicality theory of adolescent peer popularity. Adolescent Research Review, 5, 295-306. DOI: 10.1007/s40894-019-00123-z.
