Tri Sugiarto is carrying out a doctoral study in curriculum, instruction, and teacher education at Michigan State University. He wants to focus on exploring and enhancing the awareness of Indonesian Pre-Service Teachers with inclusion and diversity in education using children’s literature.

Tri is a lecturer in the English Literature program at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in English literature. He earned his master’s degree in English language teaching from Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta.