Reginald Parquet
Clinical Assistant Professor
- New Orleans LA UNITED STATES
- Tulane School of Social Work
Has over thirty-eight years of experience in the field of behavioral health providing clinical, administrative, and programmatic leadership
Biography
Education
Tulane University
Ph.D.
Social Work
Xavier University of Louisiana
B.A.
Sociology
Tulane University
M.S.W.
Social Work
Affiliations
- Council on Social Work Education : Member
- National Association of Social Workers : Member
- National Association of Black Social Workers : Member
Media Appearances
Iconic local grocery store’s doors have closed
Louisiania Weekly
2018-11-12
“It was ahead of its time because of its ‘one stop shop’ concept and business model, “Parquet told The Louisiana Weekly. “That business model was attractive not only to the African-American residents in Treme and the 7th Ward, but also to the Greater New Orleans area. … [T]he Circle Food Store was not just a place to ‘make groceries’ and purchase goods and services, it was also a gathering place where African Americans greeted each other, socialized and engaged in conversations around cultural and social issues that were important to them.
Experts debate the connection between heat and homicide
WGNO
2015-07-10
“We’re hot most of the year. It’s a factor. It tends to increase the emotionality of people it tends to make us a little more irritable and less tolerant,” says Professor Reginald Parquet, of Tulane University’s School of Social Work.
Research Grants
C. J. Peete Drug Elimination Grant
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
n/a
Louisiana Says Yes to Children’s Mental Health-Extension
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals, Office of Behavioral Health
Articles
Public Housing Residents Making Their Courtyard Safe From Drugs
Journal of Social Work Practice in the AddictionsRichard Ager, Reginald Parquet
2008
This pilot study examines how children and their caretakers who live in public housing experience and manage drug activities that surround them. Consistent with social disorganization/collective efficacy models and defensible space theory, findings from 2 focus groups suggest that monitoring children, shared values about parenting, and screening strangers entering the community helped residents establish a safe environment with healthy principles. Residents insulated their courtyard neighborhood from outside public housing residents, presumably to minimize competition over resources and restrict what they see as negative influences. Social work community practitioners need to tap into the collective efficacy of these vital neighborhoods to help the broader public housing community.
The Youth Video Project: An Innovative Program for Substance Abuse Prevention
Journal of Social Work Practice in the AddictionsRichard Ager, Reginald Parquet, Sarah Kreutzinger
2008
This article describes an innovative drug prevention pilot in which developing a substance abuse video served as a vehicle for teaching youth healthy attitudes and behaviors. Seven 10- to 12-year-old African Americans from a public housing development participated in 10 weekly sessions focusing on video skills and substance abuse. Based on the principles of capacity building and cognitive dissonance theory, the children learned about substance abuse in their community and movie-making, which they used to created an antidrug video. Six activities were identified as critical to the program's success: family involvement, community engagement, adapting drug education content to fit community characteristics, using the camcorder as a central vehicle for learning, community field assignments, and evaluation-based learning.