Joshua Parker is the 2012 Maryland Teacher of the Year. He serves the students and teachers of Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School (Washington, D.C. Public Schools) as an Instructional Coach. Parker is a career changer, having started off as a sports producer for Fox 45 of Baltimore before beginning his career in education. In the decade that followed, Parker has held various leadership positions from K-12 and higher education. He has also completed a fellowship to Brazil as a Pearson Global Fellow in 2013. Parker was the first African-American male educator from Baltimore County to win the state award and keeps a blog on education and society.
Happening at Mount Holyoke
Recent Campus News
Mount Holyoke earns recognition across the nation’s top college evaluation organizations
Mount Holyoke College was ranked highly by U.S. News & World Report and other outlets.
The case for college
President Holley discusses the importance of studying higher education.
Suchi Saria ’04 named a Time100 AI 2026 innovator
Mount Holyoke College alum Suchi Saria ’04 was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI 2026 for her work on a sepsis-flagging device.