Dr. Tankersley serves as Co-Principle Investigator for the NCETE North Carolina A & T State University site. She is also the coordinator of Supplemental Instruction for the Talent-21 program and coordinator of the Mathematics Tutorial Laboratory in Marteena Hall. She also serves as Co-Principle Investigator for the North Carolina A & T Calculus Enrichment Program funded by the Mathematical Association of America SUMMA Tensor grant. Her primary research focus is currently Educational Research.