Department: Marine Transportation
Title(s):

· Associate Professor

Phone: 207-326-2670
Email: zander.parker@mma.edu
Office: 1st Floor Door Next to Printer Perkins House
Office Hours: Mon: 0900-0950, 1130-1400 Wed: 0900-0950
[Alternatively By Appointment]

Bio

Captain Zander Parker is an experienced professional mariner and marine technician with over 20 years' experience in maritime education and training at sea and ashore. His career began in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and has included crewing, command, maritime entrepreneurship, and project management aboard recreational yachts, USCG inspected T-boats, sub-chapter M tugboats, and sail training ships. He holds limited licensed mariner credentials in both the United States and Canada. He began teaching at Maine Maritime Academy in 2014 as a Small Craft Master, joining faculty and teaching topics in small engine mechanics, boat handling, marine systems, tanker operations, watchkeeping, navigation, and traditional seamanship. Captain Parker’s teaching is crafted through seagoing experience and classroom instruction, creating a foundation of professionalism and skill when working with beginners and experts alike.

BSc, Queen’s University Canada
AS, Maine Maritime Academy
MS, Maine Maritime Academy