Missy Parker is an Emeritus Senior Lecturer in the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department.  Prior to joining the faculty at UL in 2013, she was a Professor at the University of Northern Colorado.  She was an elementary physical education specialist for five years and until moving to Ireland she continued to teach in programs for underserved youth.  Dr. Parker received her Ph.D. and M.A. from The Ohio State University.  Her undergraduate degree was from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from which she received the 2003 School of Health and Human Performance Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Parker s scholarly areas of interest include accessing teacher and student voice, the professional learning of teachers and teacher educators, the study of constructivist learning, and the pedagogies that support that learning.  In particular she has combined these interests into the creation, design, implementation, and study of before, after, and during school physical education and physical activity programmes.  Furthermore, her work has focused on the pedagogical conditions necessary to foster independent learning, voice, and student learning in these environments.