Ed Science

Carmen Johnston is a full-time Instructor for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and holds a master's degree in education. She coordinates and instructs many development courses in the Teachers College. Ms. Johnston is heavily involved in the creation, facilitation, and evaluation of the Freshman TEL 101 success course. She is a lifelong learner with 13 years of experience teaching high school students. Ms. Johnston’s areas of expertise are health education, child development, educational psychology and teaching to the “whole child”. She and her colleagues are interested in how teacher candidates use the teacher inquiry method to design and facilitate instruction. Her team is currently involved in instructing courses in the elementary education program and designing assignments integrating key components of the teacher inquiry methods.

Tanya Pinkerton is an instructor in the division of teacher preparation for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Prior to joining Arizona State University, she spent 10 years teaching preschool and elementary-aged children in a public school setting with a focus on educating students with disabilities in an inclusive school environment. Ms. Pinkerton additionally worked with children from birth to age 3 with disabilities, or at risk for developing a disability, with the Arizona Early Intervention Program. Her interests include universal design for learning and early childhood education. Ms. Pinkerton's focus is in embedding universal design for learning elements into each course in order to model effective strategies for future educators.