Tracy is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra. She is a qualified primary school teacher who is currently lecturing to undergraduate pre-service teachers in the discipline of mathematics and STEM education.
Tracy completed her PhD at the University of Canberra, with her thesis focused on sustaining mathematics educational research through secondary data analysis – utilising a sophisticated framework that analyses both quantitative and qualitative data.
Tracy’s research focuses on mathematics education and, specifically, her work aims to better understand how students’ spatial reasoning is critical for success in mathematics (particularly in digital environments) and how spatial reasoning skills can be improved through targeted teaching.