Her research program focuses on identifying social and contextual influences that impact cognitive processes that underlie the income-achievement gap. She has published research in the Journal of Educational Psychology, Autism Research and Treatment, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Journal of Neurophysiology, Cerebral Cortex, and in N. Stein (Ed.) Developmental Science Goes to School. Dr. Tine has taught a wide range of courses, many of which approach education from an interdisciplinary Mind, Brain, and Education perspective.