Amy Tucker holds a Doctor of Social Sciences from Royal Roads University, where she received the Governor General’s Gold Medal, and is an Open Learning Faculty Member at Thompson Rivers University. Her scholarship sits at the intersection of organizational sociology, educational studies, and the embodied experience of precarity.

DOCTORAL RESEARCH, Royal Roads University, DSocSci (2026), Governor General’s Gold Medal

Dissertation: Through Our Eyes: A Photovoice Study of Belonging, Precarity, and Possibility with International Students in Higher Education (dissertation by portfolio). This work theorizes asymmetrical precarity, malperformative inclusion, and ghost data through participatory research. https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-20996

MASTER’S RESEARCH — Thompson Rivers University, MA Human Rights and Social Justice

Thesis: 30 Days by the Sea — A Research Inquiry into Alonetude

This creative thesis introduces the original theoretical construct of alonetude — contemplative solitude that becomes generative when four conditions converge: intentional choice, felt safety, present-moment awareness, and meaning integration. Grounded in self-determination theory, polyvagal theory, flow theory, and meaning-making frameworks, the research advances testable propositions linking alonetude to workplace creativity, ethical decision-making, leadership development, and burnout prevention. Conducted through 30 days of Scholarly Personal Narrative, contemplative photography, and arts-based inquiry at the Sea of Cortez, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Read the creative thesis blog: https://thirdshore.trubox.ca

PUBLICATIONS (full texts on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy-Tucker-2/research)

Book

Tucker, A. (2026). Every student belongs: Foundations of equity, diversity, and inclusion for Canadian educators. de Sitter Publications.

Doctoral Dissertation

Tucker, A. (2026). Through our eyes: A photovoice study of belonging, precarity, and possibility with international students in higher education [Doctoral dissertation, Royal Roads University]. https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-20996

Journal Articles

Tucker, A. (2026). Weaving sight and self: Integrating photovoice with scholarly personal narrative in trauma-informed participatory research with marginalised students. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.167265

Tucker, A. (2026). Through my lens: A photovoice-inspired smartphone icebreaker for diverse management education classrooms. Management Teaching Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981261471097

Tucker, A. (2026). Another brick in the wall: Credential recognition, occupational closure, and the persistence of brain waste. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies, 7(3), 119–133. https://doi.org/10.66224/johepal.7.3.119

Tucker, A. (2026). Creative changemaking and the crisis of malperformative inclusion: A scholarly personal narrative literature review of international student experience in Canadian higher education. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 17(1), 74–83.

Tucker, A. (2026). From brain waste to workforce capability: An integrative IMOI framework for organizational credential recognition in global talent management. International Journal of Business & Management Studies, 7(2), 133–147. https://doi.org/10.56734/ijbms.v7n2a9

Tucker, A. (2026). The 1918 Spetch correspondence as founding document of British Columbia’s open learning tradition [Manuscript]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/408096559

Tucker, A. (2025). The proposal is a story: Applying relational methodology in grant writing. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/410404539

Commentaries, Group & Organization Management

Tucker, A. (2026). Commentary on Sackett et al. (2025): What goal diversity knows: The structural roots of misalignment in new venture teams. Group & Organization Management, 51(5), 2783–2787. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011261428925

Tucker, A. (2026). A commentary on Percival Carter and Obenauer (2025): From compliance to conscientização. Group & Organization Management, 51(5), 2709–2713. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011261422804

Tucker, A. (2026). A commentary: Recognition gaps as resource passageway constraints in diverse teams. Group & Organization Management, 51(5), 2562–2565. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011261417163

Tucker, A. (2026). A commentary on Kiazad et al. (2025): Psychological safety—not individual failings—drives workplace bullshitting. Group & Organization Management, 51(5), 2470–2474. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011251409009

Book Review

Tucker, A. (2025). A journey through decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenous resilience [Review of the book Lytton: Climate change, colonialism and life before the fire]. Future Earth: A Student Journal on Sustainability and Environment, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.29173/bcelnfe576

Conference Paper

Tucker, A. (2023). Decolonizing learning by the promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion framework in higher education curriculum: Concept paper. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 1170–1174). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222631/