Claire Parker
Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BEd (Hons) (University of Warwick), MA (University of Warwick), PhD (University of Stirling)
Contact
| Email: | claire.parker@une.edu.au |
| Room: | McClymont Building (W34) 344 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3958 (or +61 2 6773 3958 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3267 |
Claire has been at the University of New England since 2006. Firstly with the School of Education, lecturing in health, physical education and sports studies, then in 2010 Claire was appointed coordinator of the new Sports Studies degree in the School of Science and Technology. Prior to her appointments at UNE Claire has also held full time lecturing positions in Sports Studies and Physical Education at the University of Bath and the University of Brunel in the United Kingdom.
Research interests
Claire's research interests include the socio-cultural and historical development of sport and physical education, with a focus on the aquatic histories of Britain, Australasia and the Pacific, as well as gender issues within sport. Her doctoral thesis supervised by Professor Grant Jarvie at the University of Stirling was entitled ‘An Urban Historical Perspective: Swimming a Recreational and Competitive Pursuit, 1840 to 1914'.
Additional
Coordinator Bachelor of Sports Studies
Editorial Board of the International Journal of the History of Sport
Executive Member [Secretary] Australian Society of Sports History
SportUNE Board of Management Committee Member
Teaching
Claire currently coordinates and teaches the following units:
EXSC100 – The History and Practice of Sport
EXSC150 – Orientation to Sports Coaching
EXSC330 – Sports Policy Development: International Comparisons
HUMN240 – Issues in Human Nutrition [Trimester 2]
Selected publications
Book chapters
Winterton R, Hess R, Parker C (2011) A Spirit of Emulation: Press Perspectives on the Development and Governance of Competitive Swimming in Late Colonial Melbourne in Burke, M., Hanlon, C. and Thomen, C [Eds.] Sport, Culture and Society: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives [pp.55-71] Melbourne, Australia: Maribyrnong Press [ISBN 978-0-9752384-6-2].
Journal articles
Claire Parker, One of Australia’s ‘Rarest Jewells’: The ‘discovery’ of a World Championship Sports Trophy, Bulletin of Sport and Culture, 36, pp.3 -9, September 2011.
Claire Parker, Swimming: The Ideal Sport for Nineteenth-century British Women in The International Journal of the History of Sport 27:4 pp.675-689, March 2010.
Rob Hess and Claire Parker, Against the Tide: New Work on Australasian Aquatic Cultures, International Journal for the History of Sport, 26:14, pp. 2060-2064, November 2009.
Rachel Winterton and Claire Parker, A Utilitarian Pursuit: Swimming Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia and England, International Journal for the History of Sport, Vol. 26, No. 14, pp. 2106-2126, November 2009.
Claire Parker, The North/South Divide and the Development of Swimming in Nineteenth Century England, Sporting Traditions, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 55-70, November 2008.
Claire Parker, Swimming Education in England: A Comparative Historical Study at Engaging Pedagogies, Australian Association for Research in Education Conference Proceedings Publication, April 2007.
Claire Parker, The Rise of Competitive Swimming 1840 to 1878, The Sports Historian, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 54-67, November 2001.
Claire Parker, Improving the ‘Condition' of the People: The Health of Britain and the Provision of Public Baths 1840-1870, The Sports Historian, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 24-42, November 2000.