Assistant Professor of English Education, Metropolitan State University

Daryl Parks

Major(s): English

Minor(s):

Additional Degrees: MEd, PhD

Current Job Title: Assistant Professor of English Education

Organization: Metropolitan State University

Brief description of your job:

My primary emphasis is teaching students how to become effective teachers of English in urban secondary schools. I also serve as a consultant to an urban school district on the influences of ace and social class in education. I get to teach, read, and write a lot.

Other job titles you have held:

High School English Teacher

How have you found these positions?

Determined to teach high school in my community, I kept hounding them until an opening appeared. I also attempted to make myself the most attractive candidate long before the position existed.

What skills from your degree do you use in your current work?

All of them

What advice do you have for current students?