Darien Pollock is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he majored in Philosophy and concentrated in Leadership Studies at the Andrew Young Center for Global Research. As a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, the core of his research centers on the development of a philosophical method that he calls "street philosophy." In addition to his work as an academic philosopher, Darien is the founder and president of the Street Philosophy Institute, Inc. (SPI), a Massachusetts based think-tank dedicated to promoting research in the areas of public philosophy and civic engagement.