Eleesha Tucker is a Constitutional Literacy Fellow and Program Director in the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University. She specializes in the foundational principles of liberty articulated at the American Revolution and the inherent freedoms safeguarded by the religion clauses of the First Amendment. She teaches the general education requirement American Heritage.
Prior to UVU, Professor Tucker served as the Director of Education for the oldest patriotic organization in the United States, the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by the officers of the Continental Army at the close of the Revolutionary War. For the Society, she developed resources and trained teachers about the significance of the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution. Professor Tucker is also the director of the Utah 3Rs Project, which encourages understanding of the right of conscience, the responsibility to protect that right in others, and the civic duty to engage respectfully in civic discourse.
Professor Tucker holds a Master of Arts in American Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in History Teaching from Brigham Young University. Her Master's thesis explored the changes in the religious landscape in Virginia brought by the Revolutionary War and the passage of Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom."
American Heritage AS, Spring 2025
