She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the college’s urban teacher preparation programs. She also co-created MSU’s Critical Urban Speaker Series, a biannual event that brings leading national scholars to the university to engage attendees in performances, lectures, and workshops focused on social and cultural issues influencing urban schools and communities. Her experience as a high school mathematics teacher in Chicago and New Jersey informs her research on the preparation and development of anti-racist and culturally relevant mathematics and science teachers for Black and Latinx students. Tanya joined ITOC leadership in 2018, and is a facilitator of the teacher educator strand.