Dr. David Barker

Dr. David Barker joined McPherson & Jacobson in 2010.

He began his educational career as a mathematics teacher and coach at Garden County High School in Oshkosh, NE in 1996.  After seven years in the classroom, he became secondary principal at Garden County, NE. Dr. Barker became superintendent of Platte County School District #2 in Guernsey, WY in 2006. After nine years in Guernsey, he became superintendent of Fremont County School District #1 in Lander, WY in 2015. Dr. Barker recently joined the faculty at the University of South Dakota where he is an Assistant Professor of Practice.

Dr. Barker has a Baccalaureate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska – Kearney, and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Wyoming.