Dr. Kymyona Burk

Senior Policy Fellow, Literacy at ExcelinEd & Visiting Literacy Fellow at TeachSORn

Dr. Kymyona Burk is a nationally recognized literacy leader with extensive experience translating education research and policy into effective practice. She currently serves as Senior Policy Fellow for Literacy at ExcelinEd, where she supports states in developing and implementing comprehensive, evidence-based literacy policies.

Dr. Burk previously served as Mississippi’s first State Literacy Director, leading the implementation of the state’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act and helping to build the systems that contributed to Mississippi’s nationally recognized gains in reading achievement. Her career spans classroom teaching, literacy coaching, district and state leadership, higher education, and national education policy.

At Jackson State University, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Master of Arts in Teaching English, Master of Science in Education Administration and Supervision and a Doctor of Education in Early Childhood Education.