Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Ian Parker is a career educator and researcher who started out teaching in Atlanta, Georgia a few years after graduating from Morehouse College. He has taught students from pre-kindergarten through third grade and later decided to enroll in a doctoral program at the University of Georgia because of the questions he would have within himself about the education system and education equity. His research interests focus on preschool choice and quality, race and social economic status, as well as equity in early childhood education. He is currently a senior lecturer of early childhood education at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates.