Savannah Rourk
she/her/hers
Research Interests
Bias Based Victimization; How the Whiteness of School-Based Mental Health Professionals Impacts Youth of Color's Willingness to Seek Support in the School Setting; Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Youth in the School Setting; Supporting LGBTQIA+ Staff in the School Setting; Decolonial and Abolitionist Based Therapy
Savannah Rourk received her BA in psychology from Penn State University and her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Savannah is a doctoral student in the combined counseling and school psychology program and is an Arthur Schomburg fellow. Savannah is a graduate assistant for the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, working with Dr. Stephanie Fredrick. Prior to becoming a doctoral student, Savannah worked for one year as a school-based licensed graduate professional counselor in Maryland.