Jennifer Tucker

Jennifer Tucker is an Associate Professor in the Community + Regional Planning Department at the University of New Mexico's School of Architecture + Planning. Her work focuses on racial capitalism, urban inequality, and anti-racist action, with extensive fieldwork in Paraguay and Brazil. She holds a PhD in City & Regional Planning from UC Berkeley, alongside degrees in Public Policy and International Studies from the same institution.

Research Interests:

• Geographies of economic illegality and transgression
• Anti-racist urban planning practices
• Social movement mobilization in marginalized communities
• Critical comparisons of global urban inequalities

Awards & Recognition

• National Scientific Communication Award (Paraguay)
• Fulbright Scholar (2019)
• Commencement Speaker, UC Berkeley (2016)

Teaching emphasizes urban justice issues through courses like 'Policing the City' and 'Cities & Social Change.' Her research methodologies combine feminist ethnography with archival analysis, prioritizing marginalized communities' epistemologies.