Dr. Tackett is the Undergraduate Advisor for the Department of Special Education. She oversees internship and student teaching experiences. In addition, she teaches online and face-to-face courses at the undergraduate level.
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. As a a Research Analyst at American Institutes for Research, 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 recieved the Elisabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. She will be leading the Maymester for Individual Differences in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2022.
She is on the board of Vela, a nonprofit in Austin that empowers families of children with disabilities. She is also a proud foster and biological mother of an amazing set of kids.
Ph.D. in Learning Disabilities/Behavior Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Oversees the undergraduate program for Special Education, including internships, student teaching, coursework, as well as teaching at the graduate level.
Member, Promotion and Tenure College Advisory Committee - Professional Track, (2019)
Member, Disability Studies Minor Committee, (2019)
Provost Teaching Fellows, (2019)
Committee Member, Teacher Education Committee, College of Education(2017)
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, (2015)
member, ALD Committee, (2013)
Presidents Associates Teaching Excellence Award, Presidents 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 - 2018, College of Education, Austin (2018)
| Year | Semester | Course |
|---|
| 2021 | Fall | ALD 322: Individual Differences |
| 2021 | Fall | SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis |
| 2021 | Fall | SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb |
| 2021 | Summer | SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb |
| 2021 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Wb |
| 2021 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2020 | Fall | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | SED 378R: Rdng Assmt/Dev With Divrs Pops |
| 2020 | Fall | SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb |
| 2020 | Summer | SED s303: Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| 2020 | Summer | SED f303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb |
| 2020 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2020 | Spring | ALD 119: Maymester Seminar: Taiwan |
| 2020 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences |
| 2020 | Spring | ALD 379: Individual Differences-Tpe |
| 2020 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Tpe |
| 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 337: Intercul Communicatn & Collab |
| 2018 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2018 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2017 | Fall | SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis |
| 2017 | Fall | SED 303: Autism Spectrum Disorder-Wb |
| 2017 | Summer | ALD f322: Individual Differences |
| 2017 | Spring | SED 337: Intercul Communicatn & Collab |
| 2017 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2017 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2016 | Fall | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2016 | Fall | EDC 331E: Sch Org/Class Mgmt Elem Sch-F |
| 2016 | Fall | SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis |
| 2016 | Summer | ALD f322: Individual Differences |
| 2016 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2016 | Spring | SED 378T: Reading Assessment And Devel-G |
| 2016 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2015 | Fall | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2015 | Fall | SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis |
| 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 378T: Reading Assessment And Devel-K |
| 2015 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
| 2014 | Fall | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2014 | Fall | SED 375C: Teach Indivs With Mild/Mod Dis |
| 2014 | Fall | EDC 331E: Sch Org/Class Mgmt Elem Sch-F |
| 2014 | Summer | ALD f322: Individual Differences |
| 2014 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Elem |
| 2014 | Spring | SED 332: Field Experiences In Spec Educ |
