Walteria Tucker '04
Dr. Walteria Tucker is a native and lifelong resident of Belle Glade, Florida. In the summer of 2003, she became the first and only Honors College Student to receive a full merit scholarship at Bryn Mawr College s prestigious Institute of French Studies in Avignon, France (L Institut d tudes Fran aises). That summer she also earned her certificate in Business French from the Paris Chamber of Commerce with the second highest distinction (avec mention bien). In 2004, she graduated from the Honors Collegecum laude, where she concentrated in International Studies and minored in Spanish Language and Culture. She was the first Honors College student to be awarded FAU s highest undergraduate distinction, the Kenneth R. Williams Leadership Award. In that same year, she was also named University Scholar and Owl of the Year for the McArthur Campus of FAU. In 2006 she was one of 25 recipients of a McKnight Doctoral Fellowship (Florida Department of Education) and in 2008 she was one of 88 doctoral students in the nation to be named a PEO International Scholar.
In 2011, Walteria successfully defended her doctoral dissertation and graduated from FAU with a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies. Dr. Tucker s research focuses on race and representation in Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean Literature and on the literary images of Haitians in Hispanic Caribbean literature specifically. In August 2011, Dr. Tucker returned to the Honors College to teach Spanish and French language and culture. She currently teaches Spanish and Humanities at South Florida State College in Avon Park, Florida. Dr. Tucker plans to one day become the president of a Florida university. Most recently, Dr. Tucker was named the 2012 Distinguished Alumna for the Wilkes Honors College of FAU.
In 2011, Walteria successfully defended her doctoral dissertation and graduated from FAU with a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies. Dr. Tucker s research focuses on race and representation in Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean Literature and on the literary images of Haitians in Hispanic Caribbean literature specifically. In August 2011, Dr. Tucker returned to the Honors College to teach Spanish and French language and culture. She currently teaches Spanish and Humanities at South Florida State College in Avon Park, Florida. Dr. Tucker plans to one day become the president of a Florida university. Most recently, Dr. Tucker was named the 2012 Distinguished Alumna for the Wilkes Honors College of FAU.