Tucker J. Gregor is a third year PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies and is pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. 

His research explores the relationship between moral formation and the cultivation of normative emotions and affective orientations, focusing on the virtues of love and hate. He draws on archival sources and oral histories to investigate moral formation in U.S. Catholic high schools. In addition to his interest in moral formation, Gregor’s research also examines ethics as a lived experience, or “lived ethics,” rather than propositions to which one assents. He is currently preparing for his comprehensive exams, which he plans to take in Spring 2024 semester.

After completing his BA in 2017, Tucker continued his education and earned his MA at University of Chicago in 2019. He then spent two years teaching Catholic theology at the high school level before entering the Ph.D. program in Religious Studies at University of Iowa. 

Tucker spent his first two years at Iowa teaching Introduction to Rhetoric (RHET:1030) as the instructor of record. He now works as the Editorial Assistant on the Journal of Religious Ethics and is co-advised by Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren and Dr. Diana Cates. He lives with his two cats and enjoys cooking, playing video games, and working out.

Research interests

• American Catholicism
• Youth and religion
• Religious ethics
• Emotion

Courses taught

• RHET1030—Introduction to Rhetoric

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