Dr. Gregory Scott Parks

Gregory S. Parks
gsp28@cornell.edu

Exp. 2008       Juris Doctorate
Cornell University; Ithaca, N.Y.                                                                              

Activities:
2007-2008: Acquisitions Editor, Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y
2007-2008: Moot Court Board
2007: Annual Conrad B. Duberstein (Bankruptcy) Moot Court
Competition              
2006-2007: Associate Editor, Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y
2006-2007: Program Director, Black Law Student Association 2006: Langfan Moot Court Competition    

2004      Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology (summa cum laude)  University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY

              Dissertation: “Successful Psychopathy: A Multi-level Comparative Analysis”

              Activities: 2001-2003: Graduate Student Representative, Presidential Commission on Diversity

2001      Masters of Arts, Clinical Psychology (magna cum laude) University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY

Thesis: “Subclinical Psychopathy and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: A
Multidimensional Perspective”

Activities:
2000-2001: President, Black Graduate and Professional Student
Association
1999-2000: Student Representative, Psychology Department Diversity
Committee
1999-2000: Student Representative, Clinical Psychology Program
Admissions Committee
1999-2001: Class Representative, Clinical Psychology Program  

1999       Masters of Science, Forensic Psychology (magna cum laude)                  

               CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice; New York, N.Y.

1996       Bachelors of Science, Psychology (cum laude) Minor: English
               Howard University; Washington D.C.

Primary: The Intersection of Critical Race Theory & Social Science, Race & Law, Legal Realism
Secondary: Black Greek Letter Organizations

 

2006-2008              Percy and Helen Ingerman Scholarship
2005-2006              Clifford R. Weidberg Scholarship
2005                         National Order of Omega
2003-2004              Southern Regional Education Board Dissertation-Year Fellowship
2002-2003               Joseph P. Kennedy Student Development Council Scholarship
2002                         Dr. Charles Harris Wesley Award
2001-2003               American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship
2001-2003               Graduate Student Incentive
2001-2002               Lyman T. Johnson Odyssey Award
2000, 2002-2003    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Education Foundation Scholarship
2000                        Dr. John T. Smith Award
2000                        Spirit Award
1999-2001               Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship
1999-2000               Haggin Fellowship
1999-2000               Graduate Development Award
1997                         American Psychological Assoc. Minority Undergraduate Students of
Excellence
1996                         Beta Kappa Chi National Science Honor Society
1996                         Psi Chi: The National Honor Society in Psychology
1995-1996               Howard University Trustee Scholarship
1994-1996               Howard University Dean’s List

 

2001    National Institutes of Health Grant Supplement   

• Assisted in preparing grant supplement to fund a research assistant position allowing the investigation of adult antisocial outcomes of psychopathic children within a 15-year longitudinal study; supplement was funded ($60,505) but declined due to other funding.

 

I. Books (peer reviewed)
Critical Studies of Black Greek Letter Organizations: An Empirical Approach (Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks eds., in progress).

Diversity within American College Fraternities and Sororities (Craig L. Torbenson & Gregory S. Parks eds., Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2008).

Black Greek Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun (Gregory S. Parks ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2008).

African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, & Clarenda M. Phillips eds., University Press of Kentucky, 2005).
II. Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)
Tamara L. Brown, Kenneth Clarke, Gregory S. Parks, & Said Sewell, Faith and Fraternalism, in Critical Studies of Black Greek Letter Organizations: An Empirical Approach (Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks eds., in progress).

Gregory S. Parks & Shanette C. Porter, Debiasing for Membership, in Critical Studies of Black Greek Letter Organizations: An Empirical Approach (Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks eds., in progress).

Gregory S. Parks, Advancing the Idea of a Critical BGLO Scholarship, in Black Greek Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun (Gregory S. Parks ed., University Press of Kentucky, 2008).

Gregory S. Parks & Tamara L. Brown, “In the Fell Clutch of Circumstance:” Pledging and the Black “Greek” Experience, in African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, & Clarenda M. Phillips eds., University Press of Kentucky 2005).

III. Articles (peer-reviewed)
Gregory S. Parks & Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Voting Rights Laws, Unconscious Bias, and the 2008 Presidential Election: Do Clinton or Obama Stand a Chance?, (in progress).

Gregory S. Parks, Towards a Critical Race Realism, 17 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y (2008).

John D. Ranseen & Gregory S. Parks, Test Accommodations for Post-secondary Students: The Quandary of the ADA’s Disability Definition, 11 Psychol. Pub. Pol’y & L. (2005).

Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, Rick S. Zimmerman, & Clarenda M. Phillips, The Role of Religion in Predicting Adolescent Alcohol Use and Problem Drinking, 62 J. Stud. Alcohol696 (2001).

IV. Books (non-reviewed)
Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psycohology, Race, and Law (Gregory S. Parks, Shayne E. Jones & W. Jonathan Cardi eds., The New Press, forthcoming 2008).

V.  Book Chapters (non-reviewed)
Gregory S. Parks, Towards a Critical Race Realism, in Critical Race Realism: Intersections of Psychology, Race, and Law (Gregory S. Parks, Shayne E. Jones & W. Jonathan Cardi eds., The New Press, forthcoming 2008).

VI. Articles (non-reviewed)
Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks, Black “Greekonomics” and a New Civil Rights Agenda, (in progress).

Gregory S. Parks, Are Black “Greeks” Relevant?: A Not-So-Simple Answer to a Not-So-Simple Question, Ebony, October, 2007, at 142.

Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks, The Education of the Black Fraternity and Sorority Advisor: Ten Critiques, under review.

Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks, Measuring Up: Twelve Steps Closer to a Solution for BGLO Hazing, Essentials, October, 2007.

Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks, Broken Bonds: Are Black Greek Organizations Making Themselves Irrelevant?, Diverse Issues in Higher Educ., June 14, 2007, at 21.

Matthew W. Hughey & Gregory S. Parks, A Bleak Future for Black Greeks, The Black College Wire, March 9, 2007.

 

June 2004 – Lyman T. Johnson Post-doctoral Fellow
June 2006      University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research; Lexington, KY

• Conducted research on the application of psychology to Critical Race Theory, and Black Greek-letter organization’s history, culture, and contemporary issues.

Aug. 1999 –    Teaching Assistant
Dec. 1999       University of Kentucky Department of Psychology; Lexington, KY

• Taught laboratory section of Introduction to Psychology.

Jan. 2000 –    Teaching Assistant
May 2000       University of Kentucky Department of Psychology; Lexington, KY

• Graded papers and proctored exams for Psychology of Adjustment.

Gregory S. Parks, Address at California State University, Long Beach: Black Greek Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun (Sept. 24, 2007).

Gregory S. Parks, Address at Hampton University: Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century (Dec. 5, 2006).

Gregory S. Parks, Address at Syracuse University: Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century (Dec. 4, 2006).

Gregory S. Parks, Address at the University of South Carolina: Advising Black Greek-letter Organizations (January 28, 2006).

Gregory S. Parks, Address at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. General Convention: African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (July 2005).

Tamara L. Brown, Gregory S. Parks, & Clarenda M. Phillips, Panel Discussion at Kentucky State University: African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (April 2005).

Gregory S. Parks, Workshop at the South-Eastern Pan-Hellenic Conference Meeting: African American Fraternities and Sororities: What We Are and What We Do (April 2005).

Gregory S. Parks, Address at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mid-Western Regional Convention: African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision (March 2005).

Aug. 2008 –   Judicial Clerkship
Aug. 2009       District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.

May 2007 –    Summer Associate
Aug. 2007       McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C.

• Conducted legal research and draft memoranda on intellectual property as well as civil and criminal litigation matters; draft portion of appellate brief; design course syllabus on information technology and health law.

May 2006 –    Judicial Intern
Aug. 2006       The Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
                        Washington, D.C.

• Conducted legal research related to both civil and criminal matters including topics such as venue transfer and antitrust law; assist in preparation of judicial opinions and draft legal memoranda; observe court proceedings.

Aug. 2003 –   Pre-doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship (Outpatient)
July 2004       Child Guidance and Family Counseling Clinic, DC Superior Court
Washington, D.C.

• Conducted routine and forensic (i.e., sex offender and competency to stand trial) psychological evaluations on juvenile offenders; made referrals to judges and probation officers regarding rehabilitation of juvenile offenders; provided individual psychotherapy to post-disposition juvenile offenders.

Aug. 2003 –   Psychology Extern (Inpatient)
June 2003      Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital; Lexington, KY

• Conducted brief psychological evaluations and wrote psychological reports; participated in treatment team meetings.

May 2000 –    Psychology Extern (Outpatient)
June 2003      Harris Psychological Services Center; Lexington, KY

• Provided individual and group psychotherapy to adults; conducted psychological evaluations.

May 2000 –    Neuropsychology Extern (Outpatient)
May 2001        University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry; Lexington, KY

• Conducted neuropsychological evaluations and wrote reports; conducted research on the test accommodations for law and medical students given the Americans with Disabilities Act definition of disability.

 

Jan 1999 –     Psychology Extern (Inpatient)
Aug. 1999       Manhattan Psychiatric Center, New York, N.Y.

• Conducted assessments of violent, mentally disordered, adult offenders as part of a research protocol investigating intelligence, impulsivity, neurocognitive deficits, and psychopathy.

 

Jan. 1997 –    Intern
May 1997        American Psychological Association Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
Washington, D.C.

• Entered data from two surveys—one concerned with ethnic minority involvement on APA journal editorial boards and another investigating HMO referrals to ethnic minority mental health; edited OEMA Communiqué.

Oct. 1995 –     Intern
May 1996        Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of Research; Washington, D.C.

• Responded to external researchers’ inquiries concerning federal prison inmate statistics; established a database of office researchers’ publications.

Jan. 1995 –    Psychology Extern (Inpatient)
May 1995        Saint Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital, Washington, D.C.

• Conducted a current-events group for schizophrenic patients; observed and provided feedback during psychotherapy group with schizophrenic patients.

 

Sept.  2007 – Pre-Law Advisor
Present           Cornell University Office of Minority Student Affairs, Ithaca, N.Y.

• Advise approximately 80 minority freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on law school admission and legal education funding.

Aug. 2002 –   Greek Affairs Advisor
May 2003       University of Kentucky Office of Greek Affairs, Lexington, KY

• Presented talks to students and administrators on diversity, substance abuse, stress, and organizational development; served as liaison between Greek Affairs and African American fraternities and sororities.

Aug. 1993 –    Intern
Dec. 1994       The African-American Institute, Washington, D.C.

• Developed and implemented exchange programs between African public and governmental figures and their US counterparts around a variety issues.

American Psychological Association
American Psychology-Law Society
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Association of Fraternity Advisors
Law & Society Association

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (National Service Fraternity)

• March 1997: Initiated into Mu Lambda (Washington, D.C. Alumni) Chapter
• Aug. 1999 – June 2003: Advisor, Epsilon Chi (University of Kentucky) Chapter
• Aug. 2000 – May 2002: Director, Alpha Beta Lambda (Lexington, KY Alumni) Chapter Mentoring Program
• Aug. 2002 – June 2003: Vice President, Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter
• Aug. 2005 – Present: Director of Intake, Iota Iota Lambda (Ithaca, N.Y. Alumni) Chapter

Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliated

• March 2001: Raised to 3rd degree, King Solomon Lodge #8 (Lexington, KY)
• March 2002: Initiated to Royal Arch degree, Mt. Carmel Lodge (Lexington, KY)
• May 2003: Elevated to 32nd degree, Bluegrass Consistory (Lexington, KY)