Adrian Lisa Parr Zaretsky (born 1967) is an Australian-born philosopher and cultural critic, and dean of the College of Design at the University of Oregon, United States.

Her PhD dissertation "Creative Production: From Da Vinci to Deleuze" was revised and published by Edwin Mellen Press in 2003.

Whilst in Savannah, Parr co-founded (with Avantika Bawa and Celina Jeffery) Drain: A Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture.

She was a tenured Full Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the School of Architecture and the Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati.

[3] In March 2018, Parr was appointed Dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).

In addition to community outreach, Parr has spoken on and been interviewed for her views on climate change, environmental degradation, and sustainable development.

Again on public radio she speaks of the connection between environmental racism and the struggles of Native American communities to survive the contamination of their water supplies.

[13] In an interview for The New York Times with journalist Natasha Lennard, Parr discusses how environmental damage and climate change are not only forms violence but a crime against humanity.

[14] In his op-ed in The New York Times Brad Evans expanded upon Parr's framework of climate violence explaining that environmental degradation is a crime against humanity.

In her capacity as the UNESCO Chair on Water and Human Settlements, she produced and co-directed Thirsty and Drowning in America, with Sean and Jon Hughes in 2018.

She spent time with three different tribal communities over a three year period of time – Inupiaq on Sarichef Island in Alaska, LaDonna of the Lakota in Dakota, and the Biloxi-Chitamacha-Choctaw tribe on Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana – learning about the water challenges of each tribe, including sea level rise because of climate change and water contamination.