Gregory Parks is an Assistant Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, where he has taught since the Fall of 2011. Professor Parks holds an M.A., an M.S., and a Ph.D. (all in Psychology) and a J.D. He served as a law clerk on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to The Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to The Honorable Andre M. Davis. After clerking, Professor Parks took a Visiting Fellowship at Cornell Law School and then worked as a Litigation Associate at McDermott, Will & Emery LLP in their Washington, D.C. office where he worked on trial and appellate matters.

Professor Parks' research interests lie in a number of domains: (1) how social and cognitive psychology explain legal phenomena; (2) the application of empirical methods to legal questions; (3) race and law issues; and (4) the ways in which black fraternal networks intersect with the law. He teaches in the areas of civil procedure, social science and law, as well as race and law. Professor Parks is member of a number of professional (i.e., law- and social science-related) and fraternal organizations, including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Professor Parks has published nearly ten scholarly books and over a dozen scholarly articles.

His hobbies include martial arts (Karate (black belt), Small Circle Jujitsu, Gracie Brazilian Jujitsu, kickboxing, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, and wrestling) and travel.