Faculty - College of Education

Dr. Tackett is the director of Educator Preparation Services for the College of Education. In addition, she teaches online and face-to-face courses at the undergraduate level for the Department of Special Education and the School for Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Tackett led a Study Abroad program for Texas Global in Taipei, Taiwan. From 2013 to 2024, she was the undergraduate advisor for the Department of Special Education.

Prior to joining the Department of Special Education, Dr. Tackett was on faculty at George Mason University in the Division of Special Education and disAbility. She also was research analyst at American Institutes for Research, where she coordinated technical assistance and product development for the National Center on Response to Intervention. Dr. Tackett obtained her doctoral degree in special education (concentration in learning disabilities/behavior disorders) from The University of Texas at Austin. She taught elementary general and special education in Mississippi and California.

Here at UT, she was named a Texas Ten professor by Texas Exes, won a President's Associates Excellence in Teaching Award, and received the Elisabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education.

She is hoping to spend more time outdoors with her children and dogs and less time on her phone.

Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities/Behavior Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, 2009

Signature Course Advisory Committee, (2024)

University of Texas Elementary School Management Board, (2023)

Member, Disability Studies Minor Committee, (2019)

Provost Teaching Fellows, (2019)

Committee Member, Teacher Education Committee, College of Education(2017)

Dean's Distinguished Professional Track Award, College of Education (2024)

President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award, President's Associates (2020 - 2021)

Texas Ten Professor, Texas Exes (2016)

Elizabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education, Texas Exes (2016 - 2017)

Special Education and a special education, Texas Exes of San Angelo, San Angelo (2018)

Special Education and a special education, Alumni College - Texas Exes, Austin (2018)

Commencement Speech, College of Education, Austin (2018)

Courses by year and semester
Year	Semester	Course
2024	Summer	SED s303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2024	Summer	ALD f322: Individual Differences-Tpe
2024	Summer	ALD s322: Individual Differences-Wb
2024	Summer	ALD f379: Individual Differences-Tpe
2024	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2024	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2023	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2023	Fall	SED 378T: Sped: Global Perspectives
2023	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2023	Fall	EDC 370E: 2-Language Arts-F
2023	Summer	SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2023	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2023	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2022	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2022	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2022	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2022	Summer	SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2022	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2022	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2021	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2021	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2021	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2021	Summer	SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2021	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2021	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Wb
2020	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Wb
2020	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2020	Fall	SED 378R: Rdng Assmt/Dev With Divrs Pops
2020	Summer	SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2020	Summer	SED s303: Autism Spectrum Disorder
2020	Spring	ALD 119: Maymester Seminar: Taiwan
2020	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences
2020	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Tpe
2020	Spring	ALD 379: Individual Differences-Tpe
2020	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2019	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2019	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2019	Summer	SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2019	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2018	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2018	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2018	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2018	Spring	SED 337: Intercul Communicatn & Collab
2018	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2017	Fall	SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb
2017	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2017	Summer	ALD f322: Individual Differences
2017	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2017	Spring	SED 337: Intercul Communicatn & Collab
2017	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2016	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2016	Fall	EDC 331E: Sch Org/Class Mgmt Elem Sch-F
2016	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2016	Summer	ALD f322: Individual Differences
2016	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2016	Spring	SED 378T: Reading Assessment And Devel-G
2016	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2015	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2015	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2015	Fall	EDC 331E: Sch Org/Class Mgmt Elem Sch-F
2015	Summer	ALD f322: Individual Differences
2015	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2015	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ
2015	Spring	SED 378T: Reading Assessment And Devel-K
2014	Fall	EDC 331E: Sch Org/Class Mgmt Elem Sch-F
2014	Fall	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2014	Fall	SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis
2014	Summer	ALD f322: Individual Differences
2014	Spring	ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem
2014	Spring	SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ

Special Education Clinical Assistant Professor Katie Tackett Wins Massey Award

The Texas Ten 2016