 He has lectured at the Canadian Institute of International Relations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and the Institute of World Economy and International Affairs of the Soviet (now Russian) Academy of Sciences, as well at over a hundred universities and colleges.William Polk was also the foreign policy adviser for Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign.Polk was married to Joan Cooledge from 1950 until their divorce in 1960.