Stacy is a professor at Muskingum University where she teaches in the criminal justice department. She focuses extensively in the area of courts and corrections, including an extremely popular course called Death Penalty. Professor Parker has presented papers on the death penalty, student attitudes about campus police, homicide, and clemency at national conferences of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the American Society of Criminology. She is recognized for her outstanding teaching skills as well as her significant research projects. Prior to academia, she worked as a prosecuting attorney in West Virginia and Ohio counties.
Professor Parker earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. She earned her law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law. She also holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Cincinnati.