Wesley Tucker

Wesley Tucker is a member of the Corrections and Reentry Research Program in the Justice Practice Area at RTI International. She provides coordination and technical support for several justice-related research projects through project management, data collection, data analysis, and interviewing. Her primary research interests include reentry, the use of technology to improve corrections outcomes, the mental wellbeing of those involved in the criminal legal system, and violence prevention. She has experience in quantitative data analysis and collection, collaborating with project sites, developing technical reports and publications, and quality assurance. She has most recently served as the project manager for a study focused on evaluating a reentry education program.

Ms. Tucker joined RTI in 2023. Previously, she was an undergraduate research assistant in the Psychology Department at Wake Forest University conducting research on stress and coping with a specific focus on the cognitive appraisals of stressors.