Tanya Pinkerton

Tanya Pinkerton serves as a project manager for a USAID funded cooperative agreement, the Higher Education Partnership - Morocco (HEP-M) and as a clinical assistant professor in the division of teacher preparation for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Ms. Pinkerton spent ten years teaching preschool and elementary-aged children in a public school setting with a focus on educating students with disabilities in an inclusive school environment. Ms. Pinkerton also worked with children from birth to age three with disabilities, or at risk for developing a disability, with the Arizona Early Intervention Program. Ms. Pinkerton is committed to continued involvement in teacher preparation spaces, especially those that serve future special education teachers. Her interests include early childhood special education and the use of strategies to support inclusive education. Ms. Pinkerton is focused on embedding universal design for learning elements into higher education courses in order to create an inclusive environment for preservice teachers while modeling inclusive education strategies for future teachers.