She also lectures within the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship that was supported by the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education within the National Academy of Engineering during the 2006-2007 academic year. Dr. Tucker holds a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She has also spent two years working in research and development within the pharmaceutical industry. Her research examines tactics for incorporating aspects of ethics, social responsibility, and social justice within the ethos of engineering education.