Dr. Sharon S. Tucker

Associate Professor
Faculty Coordinator

Contact

Tucker

University of Delaware Associate in Arts Program - Dover
100 Campus Dr.
Dover, DE 10004

Phone: (302) 857-1214
Fax: (302) 857-1280
E-mail: stucker@udel.edu

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Education

B.A.: College of St. Teresa
Ph.D.: Rutgers University

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Research Interests

• Ecological distribution of Blephilia ciliata, Blephilia hirsuta and their putative hybrid Blephilia subnuda
• Invertebrate populations of the "Carolina Bays" of Delmarva
• Annotation of floristic and vegetation publications of Delmarva 1524-present

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Teaching

The UD Associate in Arts Program is a two year, 60 credit program of basic core courses, which may ultimately lead to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The Dover campus is not really geared for Biology majors in the College of Arts and Sciences; thus I have tried to build a good Biology foundation in non-majors. Since I teach both labs and lecture, I feel that one of my successes has been to have a close correlation between the two where one complements the other. I am also Faculty Coordinator for the Dover Campus and I am involved with the Milford Professional Development School, a teacher training program developed between UD School of Education and the Milford, DE School District.

Courses taught on a yearly basis:

• BISC 103 - Principles of Biology
• BISC 104 - Principles of Biology with Laboratory
• BISC 106 - Elementary Human Physiology
• BISC 107 - Elementary Evolutionary Ecology
• BISC 117 - Elementary Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory
• SCEN 340 - Advanced Science for Teachers (Part 1 and Part 2)

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Selected Publications

Tucker, A.O., and S.S. Tucker. 1998. An Annotated Bibliography of the Florisitc and Vegetation Publications of the DelMarVa Peninsula, 1524-1970. Bartonia 60:81-95, 2000.

Tucker, A.O., M. Maciarello, and S.S. Tucker. 1991. A Survey of Color Charts for Biological Descriptions. Taxon 40:201-214.

Tucker, A.O., and S.S. Tucker. 1988. Plants for Natural Baskets. Green Scene 16(3):28-30.

Tucker, A.O., and S.S. Tucker. 1988. Catnip and the Catnip Response. Econ. Bot. 42:214-231.

Tucker, A.O., and S.S. Tucker. 1974. Identification of the "Air Fern" Sold in the United States. Baileya 19:114-115.

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