Reginald A. Parquet, Ph.D., LCSW-BACS, is the Associate Dean of EDI and Student Experience, and Clinical Associate Professor at the Tulane University School of Social Work where he has taught for the past 26 years. He has taught graduate courses in research, professional development, advanced practice methods, human behavior theory, youth violence, diversity and social justice, capstone, and field practicum. Dr. Parquet also teaches three undergraduate courses, “Guns and Gang” and “Booze, Pot, Coke, Crystal Meth: PolyDrug Abuse among College & Inner-City Residents,” and, “Protest, White Supremacy, Social Justice, and EDI Activism” that are among the three largest classes on Tulane’s campus.
Dr. Parquet is sequence Co-Chair – Diversity and Social Justice, and HBSE 1 & 2, and Co-Chair – Tulane School of Social Work Empowering Change Task Force. He received the 2023 Outstanding MSW Faculty Teaching Award voted by the TSSW MSW Students. Dr. Parquet is a member of the Tulane University Anti-Racism Leadership Program and the Tulane University EDI Faculty Council. He is the Chair of the of the TSSW Unit-Level Strategy for Tomorrow Committee. Dr. Parquet is Co-Chair of Tulane University’s ALAAMEA (Alliance for Asian, Latino, African American, Multi-Ethnic and Allies Faculty and Staff.) He is a trainer in Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, substance abuse treatment interventions.
Dr. Parquet has served as Superintendent of Louisiana Training Institute-East Baton Rouge, at the time was the largest juvenile correctional facility in the State of Louisiana, Director of the Division of Institutions, Office of Juvenile Justice (administrative responsibility for all juvenile correctional facilities under the Department of Corrections,) and statewide Director of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Program. He is a licensed clinical social worker, board approved clinical supervisor, and has over forty-two years of experience in the field of behavioral health providing clinical, administrative, and programmatic leadership, and training for mental health agencies and mental health professionals. He has been designated a court expert witness in mental health and substance abuse and has testified in federal and criminal courts.
He serves on numerous boards and committees and has had multiple program responsibilities for designing, implementing, evaluating, managing, and overseeing statewide programs regarding substance abuse, mental health, and juvenile justice. Additionally, he maintains a private practice. His current research interests are in community mental health, substance abuse, youth violence, trauma, and mental health issues affecting at-risk populations utilizing a strengths perspective and capacity building.
