Connor Parks, M.Sc.

Connor Parks serves San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance as a Research Associate in Community Engagement. In this role, he instructs educational modules for the team’s ongoing Exploring Conservation Science field trip program and helps facilitate the Teacher Workshops in Conservation Science program that runs each summer at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research.

Connor holds a bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego in Environmental and Ocean Sciences with a minor in Environmental Studies. He also holds a Master of Science from the University of Bristol, with a thesis and publication focusing on giraffe populations in Northern Cameroon.

Connor works alongside the team to prepare for the lab and updates the curriculum to keep the modules current to the work being done at SDZWA. She is also responsible for lab setup and assists with a wide array of other responsibilities according to the needs of the team, including managing the Conservation Kits program for our Teacher Workshop alumni to bring conservation science into their classrooms across the nation. Prior to joining the Community Engagement team, Connor worked at the San Diego Zoo as a Guest Ambassador.