Education[edit]

Tucker holds three degrees from San Francisco State University, including: a BA in Creative Writing, graduating summa cum laude in 1991, an MA in Creative Writing in 1992, and an MA in Women's Studies in 1994. Tucker earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in History of Consciousness in 1999.[3]

Academic career[edit]

From 1999 to 2001, Tucker was assistant professor of women's studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. Since 2001, Tucker has been a member of the faculty associated with American studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. From 2001 to 2004, she was assistant professor; from 2004 to 2013 she was associate professor; and from 2013 to present she has been professor. From 2004 to 2005, Tucker was the Louis Armstrong Visiting Professor at the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University.[4]

Tucker, Sherrie; Nichole T. Rustin (2008). Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies. : Duke University Press. OCLC 209335152.

Durham, NC

Tucker, Sherrie (2013). Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s. : Duke University Press. OCLC 42397506.

Durham, NC

Tucker, Sherrie (2014). Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen. : Duke University Press. OCLC 870147133.

Durham, NC

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Articles

Professor Tucker's official website at the University of Kansas