She has taught hybrid online/face-to-face courses for the last 4 years and taught Life Sciences by Inquiry online as a part of the state-supported NSF MSP program for urban and rural science teachers in Montana. Her current research involves assessing the efficacy of hybrid online/face-to-face post-secondary courses. She serves as a member of the Montana State University Teaching Learning Committee and western region director-elect for the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. Tracy received her B.A. in mathematics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, M.S. in Horticulture from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Crop Physiology from Utah State University.