DAVID ALLEN PARKER portrait
  • Clinical Assistant Professor , Urban Institute for Teacher Education
  • Associate Instructor, College Of Social Work
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Professional Service

  • Utah Safe School Coalition . Establishing core committee member . 07/2012 - present
  • Salt Lake City Anti Bully Initiative . Establishing committee member. 04/2012 - present
  • IGI Global, Inc. Role: Reviewer. Reviewed selected chapters of publication . 09/2009 - 12/2010

Internal Service

  • Creativity and Community Block U . Contributing Member , 04/2012 - present. University service.
  • Diverse Student Early Outreach . Contributing Committee Member , 01/2012 - present. University service.
  • The Block U Program - The Integrated Minor. Contributing Committee Member , 01/2012 - 06/2012. University service.
  • Community Engagement - Contributing member development of a new Five-Year “College Action Plan". Faculty Team committee member , 09/2011 - 12/2011. College service.
  • Development - Contributing member development of a new Five-Year “College Action Plan". Faculty Team committee member, 09/2010 - 12/2010. College service.
  • Diversity, Access & Equity - Contributing member development of a new Five-Year “College Action Plan". Faculty Team committee member, 09/2010 - 12/2010. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Wells Fargo Bank - Dinner at Vinneys' Homeless Project . 08/2012 - present
  • Utah Safe School Coalition (Creation) . 07/2012 - present
  • Ogden Department of Health - Tobacco Cessation Interventions among Person Experiencing Homelessness Coalition. 03/2012 - present
  • Salt Lake City Anti Bully Initiative . 09/2011 - present
  • Zion's Bank Homeless Food Service . 09/2011 - present
  • South Salt Lake Destination Graduation. 09/2011 - 10/2012
  • Provo Family Promise - Support Group for Mormon families with LGBT children. 02/2011 - present
  • Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable - Facilitate interfaith respect, understanding and appreciation. 01/2011 - present
  • Utah Lt. Governor and Salt Lake City Mayor’s Utah Civility and Community 2011 committee. 12/2010 - present
  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, and Gays (PFLAG). 11/2010 - present
  • Salt Lake City School District Elementary Teacher Community of Caring Professional Development meetings. 10/2010 - present
  • Salt Lake City School District Secondary Teacher Community of Caring Teacher Professional Development meetings. 10/2010 - present
  • Salt Lake City Mayor’s Prevention Coalition – Committee Member. 09/2010 - present

Outreach

  • Mission Possible Mission: Focuses on informing and preparing sixth-grade students, teachers and families about the path to postsecondary education and what it takes to get there. 02/2011 - 09/2012

Honors & Awards

  • Jackson Scholar - University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). Awarded to outstanding graduate students of color, 09/2007
  • Distinguished Service Award - National Council on Communicative Disorders. Service award for exemplary service within the Deaf Community, 10/1999
  • Service Awards: Key Club, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Lions Club, National Thespian Society, National Student Council. Presented for outstanding service to these organzations, 01/1999
  • Richard Follett Memorial Award - Pittsburgh Hearing and Speech Center. Service award for local service to the Deaf Community, 11/1995

Affiliations

  • American Educational Research Association (AERA), member, 09/2006 - present
  • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Author , 06/1999 - present
  • Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (RID), Interpreter , 05/1999 - present

In the Media

  • Deseret News Salt Lake City Utah - Love is the Answer to Bullying. 01/31/2013.
  • KSL-TV Interview - 9 Ogden High Cheerleaders Suspended for Hazing. 05/15/2012.
  • Intermountain Catholic News Paper Salt Lake City Utah . 09/2010.