Amy Tucker (she/her) holds a Doctor of Social Sciences from Royal Roads University, where she received the Governor General’s Gold Medal, and a Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice from Thompson Rivers University. She is an Open Learning Faculty Member and curriculum developer with nearly two decades of experience at Thompson Rivers University Open Learning. Her research focuses on employment precarity in higher education, organizational sociology, and the human right to rest. She is based in Oliver, BC, on the unceded territory of the syilx Okanagan people.

Short Bio (100 words): Amy Tucker is a scholar, writer, and researcher based in Oliver, British Columbia. A Gold Medal-winning Doctor of Social Sciences graduate of Royal Roads University and MA graduate of Thompson Rivers University, she teaches organizational behaviour, HRM, and labour relations. Her research theorizes employment precarity, belonging, and organizational life. Her creative thesis, 30 Days by the Sea, documents a thirty-day solo retreat on the Sea of Cortez as both a healing practice and a structural critique. She writes a monthly wellness column for the Kamloops Chronicle and competes nationally as a masters athlete. She is also co-authoring The TRUE History of Open Learning in British Columbia.

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