Sherrie Tucker
Sherrie Jean Tucker (born 18 March 1957 Modesto, California) is a musicologist, music historian, book author, professor, and journal editor. Tucker is co-editor-in-chief of American Studies, peer-reviewed academic journal.
Contents
- 1 Education
- 2 Academic career
- 3 Selected works
- 4 Research Collectives
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Education
Tucker holds three degrees from San Francisco State University, including: a BA in Creative Writing, graduating summa * 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.
Academic career
From 1999 to 2001, Tucker was *istant professor of women's studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. Since 2001, Tucker has been a member of the faculty *ociated with American studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. From 2001 to 2004, she was *istant professor; from 2004 to 2013 she was *ociate 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.
Selected works
Books
- Tucker, Sherrie; Nichole T. Rustin (2008). Big Ears: Listening for Gender in Jazz Studies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. OCLC:209335152.
- Tucker, Sherrie (2013). Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. OCLC:42397506.
- Tucker, Sherrie (2014). Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. OCLC:870147133.
Articles
- Tucker, Sherrie (Autumn 1998). "Nobody's Sweethearts: Gender, Race, Jazz, and the Darlings of Rhythm". American Music. 16 (3). doi:10.2307/3052637. JSTOR:3052637.
Research Collectives
Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities Oral History Archive.
References
External links
- Professor Tucker's official website at the University of Kansas