Professor Tanner teaches Lawyering Skills I & II AI and the Law, a cutting-edge course she developed for Spring 2026. Her pedagogical approach is grounded in her studies in Rhetoric and Composition from ASU, where she studied theories of writing pedagogy, and refined through seven years of teaching first-year and professional writing at Carnegie Mellon University, where she also served as Assistant Director of First-Year-Writing.

Professor Tanner's core teaching philosophies center on teaching for transfer and self-regulated learning (SRL), principles she has explored in publications including "Self-regulation and Legal Writing: An Application of the ABA Standards on Professional Identity Formation" and conference presentations on facilitating transfer from first-year writing to disciplinary contexts. She emphasizes helping students develop metacognitive awareness and adaptive expertise that enables them to apply legal reasoning and writing skills across diverse professional contexts. Her innovative curriculum design integrates authentic genre analysis, iterative feedback processes, and scaffolded skill development that promotes long-term retention and flexible application of legal knowledge.

At Brandeis, she leads curriculum development that bridges traditional legal pedagogy with contemporary learning science, preparing students for practice in an AI-enhanced legal landscape while fostering the self-regulated learning strategies essential for lifelong professional development. Her commitment to evidence-based teaching methods has been recognized with the ALWD Teaching Grant, and she continues to contribute to scholarship on legal pedagogy through her research on how AI tools can support rather than supplant the development of fundamental legal reasoning and writing skills.