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 | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University (BA, MA, MA) University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of Kansas |
Education
editTucker 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
editFrom 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
editBooks
- 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): 255–288. doi:10.2307/3052637. JSTOR 3052637.
Research Collectives
editWomen Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities Oral History Archive.[5]
References
edit- ^ Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, ed. (2013). "Tucker, Sherrie Jean". The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531428-1. OCLC 774021205.
- ^ "Editorial Team". American Studies. University of Kansas. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Tucker, Sherrie. "Sherrie Tucker Bio – Education". University of Kansas. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Tucker, Sherrie. "Sherrie Tucker Bio – Academic Positions". University of Kansas. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ "Women Who Rock Oral History Archive ::Sherrie Tucker". content.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2015.