Jennifer Tucker
Assistant Professor Jennifer Tucker received an appointment in the Department of Community and Regional Planning program in the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of New Mexico in 2016. Tucker specializes in Latin American Development Planning and teaches in the Community Development and Indigenous Planning concentrations. She offers undergraduate and graduate level courses that explore the concepts, models and perspectives of community development practice; schools of thought about development in Latin America; and race, racism and dominant understandings of security as forces that shape contemporary cities. Tucker is a critical planning scholar and uses feminist ethnography to study urban work, collective action, and the politics of development.
Education
- PhD in City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley (2016)
- MPP, MA in Public Policy and International & Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley (2010)
- BS in Biology, Bradley University (2000)
Research Areas
- Latin American Development Planning
- Feminist Ethnography
- Urban Justice And Urban Work
- Collective Action
- Politics Of Development
Country Specialization(s)
- Paraguay
- Latin America
Latin American Studies Courses
- CRP 531 Foundations of Community Development
- CRP 578 Latin American Development Planning
- CRP 470 Policing & Planning: Race and Security in Global Cities
- CRP 474/574 Cultural Aspects of Planning: Race, Place, and Power
*Latin America-related courses offered during the past three years*
