Sherrie Tucker

Sherrie Jean Tucker (born 18 March 1957 Modesto, California) is a musicologist, music historian, book author, professor, and journal editor.[1] Tucker is co-editor-in-chief of American Studies, peer-reviewed academic journal.[2]

Sherrie Tucker
NationalityUnited States
Academic background
Alma materSan Francisco State University (BA, MA, MA)
University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D.)
Academic work
InstitutionsHobart and William Smith Colleges
University of Kansas

Education

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

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]

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).

Research Collectives

Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities Oral History Archive.[5]

References
  1. Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, ed. (2013). The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. OCLC 774021205.
  2. "Editorial Team". American Studies. University of Kansas. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. Tucker, Sherrie. "Sherrie Tucker Bio – Education". University of Kansas. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  4. Tucker, Sherrie. "Sherrie Tucker Bio – Academic Positions". University of Kansas. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  5. "Women Who Rock Oral History Archive ::Sherrie Tucker". content.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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