Olivia Tucker

Assistant Professor, Music Education

Olivia Tucker

Olivia Tucker

Assistant Professor of Music Education

otucker@unm.edu
Center for the Arts Room 1107
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Olivia Tucker is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at UNM, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate coursework in music education and mentors graduate students. Prior to her current appointment, she earned a PhD at the University of North Texas while serving as a Teaching Fellow and an Assistant Director of the Denton New Horizons band. Dr. Tucker taught PreK-12 music in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex for five years.

Dr. Tucker’s research has been published in leading journals in the field including Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, and Music Educators Journal. Her research interests include music teacher agency, policy at all levels of music education, music performance evaluation, and music teacher education. Dr. Tucker regularly presents at regional, national, and international conferences, and she is an active board member in the Music Education Special Interest Group, a subdivision within the American Educational Research Association.

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