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• Jack and Jill of America:  Beautillion
  

• Morgan State University:  Morgan State University Choir
  

• United States Army:  Morale Support, "The Desert Storm"
  

• Morgan State University:  Theater Morgan, "In Place in Step and Right on Time”,  “Gods Promise” 
  

• Morgan State University Modern Dance Ensemble
  

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• Saturday Children's Performing Arts Program, Columbia
  

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• African Art Museum of Maryland
  

• Smithsonian Institute, Museum of American History
  

• Park School
  

• Maryland State Department of Education
  

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• Maryland State Department of Education:  Curriculum
  

• Framework Task Force for the Arts in Public Education/Dance
  

• Maryland State Department of Education: Task Force for Arts in Education
  

• Maryland State Department of Education Essential  learner Outcomes for the arts in Public Education
  

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• Howard County Public Schools
  

• Anne Arundel County Public Schools
  

CAREER DAY SPEAKER

• Baltimore City Public Schools
  

• Disabilities and the Arts in Public Education
  

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• Miss Black America Contest
  

• NAACP ACTSO Awards Howard County Chapter
  

• Omega Psi Phi, Inc. Talent Search
  

• Maryland Council for Dance Scholarship Program
  

• Swing Dance Competition: Stepping Out Production
  

• NAACP ACTSO Awards National Competition
  

• Ms Maryland Senior America Pageant
  

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HONORS AND AWARDS

• New York Film Festival Finalist:  "Who Really Runs America?"
  

• Distinguished Service Award Morgan State University's School of Education and Urban Studies 
  

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  

• Morgan State University President's Club
  

• Morgan State College:  Harold C. Wright Award
  

• One of Most Influential People in Howard County
  

• Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for Summer Study Abroad: Senegal and Ghana-West Africa
  

• Named Alumnus of the year by National Alumni Association Morgan State University
  

• NAFEO Distinguished Alumnus Award, citizen Citation
  

• Mayor of the City of Baltimore
  

• Citation Maryland State Senate
  

• Citation Governor of the State of Maryland, Proclamation Health
  

• Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  

• Department Morgan State University
  

• Citation United States House of Representatives
  

• International Association of Black in Dance: Dance Legend Award
  

• Disney Entertainment Mousecar Award recipient
  

• Gold Medal Winner Senior Olympics Country Line Dance
  

IANTHA TUCKER, Ed.D.

Author | Educator

Co-Founder, Black College Dance Exchange

Technical Training in Dance

Alvin Ailey American

Dance Center

Anna Marie Forsythe

Marjorie Perces

Horton Technique

Z’Eva Cohen

Dance Composition

Tonya Leon

Music for Dancers

Joseph Nash

Black Dance History

William Moore

Black Dance History

Jean Leon Destine’

Black Dance History

Denise Jefferson

Modern(Graham)Technique

James Truitte

Horton Technique

Joan Peters

Dunham Technique

Teaching Responsibilities

CPR and First Aid

Physical Education, Art and Music in Elementary Schools

Folk and Square Dance

Elementary Rhythms/Rhythmic Gymnastics

Modern Dance Techniques, Levels 1-3

Aerobic Dance

Social/Ballroom Dance

Black Dance History

Dance Theory

Health Education

Personal and Community Health

Dance in Elementary Schools

PUBLICATIONS

Visual Resources, Inc. Slide Library of Dance History

The Role of Afro-Americans in Dance in the United States from Slavery to the Present:  A Slide Manual Presentation

Maryland Journal for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

"Black Dance:  Its History and Influence on American Culture

Maryland State Department of Education

Framework for The Implementation of Dance Programs in the Public Schools As Part of The High School Graduation Requirement

INDEPENDENT PRODUCER-DANCE

Dorothy P. Stanley Scholarship Fund Dance

Festival

Annual Spring Concert- Modern Dance Ensemble

Black College Dance Exchange

A Salute to Sylvester Campbell

Ethnic Dance Concert

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Cotillion

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Scholarly Addresses

International Association of Blacks In Dance

Black College Dance Exchange

Smithsonian Institute Museum of American History, Washington, District of Columbia:  Black History Month Celebration Honoring Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus and Alvin Ailey-- "The Role of African Americans in Dance the United States : An Overview."

Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland:  "From Africa to America--African American Dance Influences, Seventeenth Century to The Present"

Clarksville Middle School; Howard County, Maryland: "African American Dance Influences--The Vernacular Dances"

Maryland Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance   Convention Speaker; Ocean City, Maryland: "The Role of African American in Dance in The United States from Slavery to Present"

National Alliance of Black School Educators' Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.:  "Black Musical Theater and Concert Dance"

Maryland Reading Association; Ocean City, Maryland:  "Black Dance History as Subject Material to Help Improve Reading Skills of Children K to 12"

Maryland State Department of Education Teacher's In-service Program:  "The   Social Dances in Public School Physical Education Programs"

National Alliance of Black School Educators, New York,   NY: "Educating   Through Dance"

Maryland Council for Dance:  Annual Conference

Black College Dance Exchange, Petersburg Virginia:  "The History of Dance at Historically Black Colleges and  Universities"

International Association of Blacks in Dance, Dallas, Texas  "The History and Place of Dance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities"

International Association of Blacks in Dance Convention, Durham North Carolina: Panelist: Dance in Higher Education.

Black College Dance Exchange, Durham North Carolina: Black Dance History

Howard University Dance Majors Intensive Program

ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Departmental Audio-Visual Coordinator, University Homecoming Committee

Member, Departmental Graduate Curriculum Committee

Member, Departmental Thesis Proposal Committee

Director, Modern Dance Ensemble

Commencement Committee

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Advisor, Dance Concentration Majors

University Council

Physical Plant Committee

Technical Training in Dance

Clark Center for the Performing Arts

Alfred Gallman | Jazz Dance

Charles Moore | Dunham Technique

Ella Moore | Dunham Technique

Ned Williams Dance Studio

Ned Williams | Jazz Dance

Contemporary Dance Studio

Lavinia Williams | Dunham Technique/ Ballet

Knock on Wood Tap Studio

Barbara Bingley | Yvonne Edwards

Independent Teachers

Stephanie Powell | Paul Taylor Technique

Eva Anderson | Modern

Ana Waugh Allen | Humphrey/Weidman

John Taylor | Afro-Haitian Jazz

Elizabeth Keene | Hawkins Technique

Dorothy Stanley | Modern

Jan Dudley | Composition

Dale Sehnart | Modern

Syvilla Forte | Dunham Technique

Buddy Phillips | Tap

Mary McCormick | Country Line Dance

EDUCATION

Ed.D.1984

New York University,

Higher Education

Post Graduate Study

1979

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

M.S. 1972

Morgan State University, Physical Education

Graduate Assistant

B.S. 1966

Morgan State College, Physical Education

R.N. 1960

Harlem Hospital School of Nursing

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Associate Professor

(1993-current)

Assistant Professor

(1986-1993)

Instructor

(1972-1986)

Morgan State University:  Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Department

Instructor

(1980's)

Columbia Association:

Social/Ballroom and Aerobic Dance

Teacher

(1966-1972)

Baltimore City Public Schools

Artistic Director and Principle Choreographer

Modern Dance Ensemble, Morgan State University

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Registered Nurse Employment

(1960-1972)

Baltimore City Health Department

Head Start Program

National Summer Youth Sports Program

Camp Nurse

Morgan State College

Infirmary Nurse

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Operating Room Nurse

St. Agnes Hospital

Operating Room Nurse

Harlem Hospital

Operating Room Nurse