Portrait of Dr. Cecily Gordon Parks

Dr. Cecily Gordon Parks

  • Associate Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • University Mentor, Mentorship Committee. August 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Studies. 2025 - Present.
  • Member, English Department Endowment. 2025 - Present.
  • Member, Visiting Creative Writers Committee. 2025 - Present.
  • Board Member, Columbia Alumni Association. December 2024 - Present.
  • Board Member, Austin Bat Cave. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Creative Writing Committee. 2014 - Present.
  • Member, MFA Committee. 2014 - Present.

2025

  • Editor, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. August 2020 - June 2025.
  • Editor, Best New Poets. July 2025 - August 2025.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Wordplay Poetry Club. August 2024 - August 2025.
  • Chair, Therese Kayser Literary Committee. June 2022 - August 2025.
  • Chair, Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center & Reading Series. June 2022 - July 2025.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Austin Youth Poet Laureate Program. September 2024 - November 2024.

2022

  • Member, Therese Kayser Lindsey Committee. January 30, 2017 - 2022.

2019

  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee. September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019.
  • Member, IA/TA Hiring Committee. September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019.
  • Member, English Department Endowment Committee. September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019.
  • Member, IA/TA Hiring Committee. August 2018 - May 2019.

2017

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Alice James Books. January 1, 2014 - February 4, 2017.