misty parsley
access & learning support
executive director, office of accessibility and learning support
biography
dr. misty vetter parsley is a professor of education and the executive director of the office of accessibility and learning supports at 世界杯2022预选赛录像回放
. in her role, she oversees the access, ideal, and best programs while supporting faculty across campus with accessibility and universal design. she has bachelor and master degrees in speech language pathology and a doctorate degree in special education administration. she has dedicated her career to students with disabilities, previously serving as an autism consultant and special education coordinator in public schools. she has presented both locally and nationally on autism and postsecondary education topics. misty’s passion is including people with disabilities in all aspects of the community and ensuring that they have the same opportunities to participate as do all other individuals. she started the ideal program, igniting the dream of education and access at lipscomb, in january 2014 for students with intellectual disabilities and was the principal investigator of the tpsid grant from 2015-2020. in the fall of 2023, she launched best, bisons excelling and succeeding together, for degree-seeking students with disabilities. misty has also served on numerous nonprofit boards including autism tn, disability rights tn, genesis academy, and was a founding board member of the southeastern postsecondary education alliance.
academic department
office of the provost | ideal staff
- special education law
- methods of complex disabilities
- inclusive postsecondary education
- social skills
- autism
- communication
carter, e. w., gustafson, j. r., mackay, m. m., martin, k., parlsey, m., graves, j., day, t., mccabe, l., lazarz, h., mcmillan, e., beeson, t., schiro-geist, c., williams, m., & cayton, j. (2019). motivations and expectations of peer mentors within inclusive higher education programs for students with intellectual disability. career development and transition for exceptional individuals.
alumnus of the year, 2018, ezell-harding christian school
- kelley, k., mattis, j., & parsley, m. (2019). how inclusive college programs do admissions. boston, ma: university of massachusetts boston, institute for community inclusion. webinar.
- parsley, m. & hargis, k. (2019). assessing risk and developing strategies for inclusive pse programs. boston, ma: university of massachusetts boston, institute for community inclusion. webinar.
- building advocacy and state partnerships, southeastern postsecondary education alliance, charleston, sc, may 2019
- invited presenter, assistive technology, autism 101tennessee administrative law judges annual training, december 2019 and 2018 nashville, tn
- invited presenter, legal issues related to assistive technology17th annual national academy for idea administrative law judges and impartial mediators seattle, wa, july 2018
- invited presenter, using the compass model for development of a collaborative plan for treatment of autism msha/masp joint fall conference, helena, montana, october 2016
- invited presenter wisconsin transition academy, the dells, wisconsin, october 2015
- preparing students (and parents) for college! tennessee partners in education conference nashville, tn, january 2015
- creating engaging and effective lessons to build employment-related skills state of the art conference on postsecondary education for individuals with intellectual disabilities fairfax, va, november 2014
- self-regulation skills in autism tennessee council of exceptional children conference nashville, tn, october 2013