Michael H. Parsons, Hagerstown Community College
11400 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland 21742-6590, (301) 790-2800
College Development Associate & Professor of Sociology
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Dr. Michael H. Parsons, a native of Michigan, is Professor of Social
Science and Education at Hagerstown Community College (HCC), MD.
Parsons is a graduate of Muskegon Community College, MI. He
holds the Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate from Western Michigan
University. He began his community college teaching career at Oakland
Community College in suburban Detroit in 1965. He has taught at Western
Michigan U., Kalamazoo Valley Community College, MI and Southwestern
Michigan (Community) College.
Parsons joined the staff of HCC as Associate Dean and Professor of
Social Science in 1972. He served as Dean of Instruction
for 21 years, returning to the faculty in 2000. During his time at
HCC, Parsons completed post-doctoral training at the University of Texas,
Carnegie-Mellon and Harvard University. Further, he has been an adjunct
faculty member at Hood College, MD, Frostburg State University and the
University of Baltimore.
Parsons has areas of interest in group development, political
sociology, and international cultural development. He is a member of
the MD Association of Adult, Continuing and Community Education, the
(CC) National Council on Research and Planning and
the Eastern Community College Social Science Association.
He has published two monographs, edited two editions of New Directions
for community colleges and authored articles in four educational journals.
