Imari Cheyne Tetu

Research Interests

User Experience Research and Design, Digital Accessibility, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technical Communication

Profile

Imari Cheyne Tetu is a graduate research assistant in the Evidence-Driven Learning Innovation (EDLI) research center and a PhD candidate in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University. She holds a B.A. in Professional and Technical Writing from Saginaw Valley State University and an M.A. in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University. Imari’s research areas include learning experience design, digital accessibility, and technical communication with a focus on disability in higher education. Her teaching experience includes courses such as Information Architecture, Introduction to Accessibility for the Humanities, and Introduction to Experience Architecture. Imari has worked as a graduate researcher with the WIDE (Writing, Information, and Digital Experience) research center and as a freelance technical writer and instructional designer. 

Education

M.A., Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing, Michigan State University, 2022
B.A., Professional and Technical Writing, Saginaw Valley State University, 2020
A.A., Kirtland Community College, 2017

Representative Work

Kirby, C., Tetu, I. C., McArdle, C., Potts, L., Schopieray, S., Cheng, C., & Fu, J. (accepted with revisions). Reimagining Computer Labs: Creating Accessible, Flexible, Distributed Classrooms. In J. Jones, S. L. DeWitt, & B. McCorkle (Eds.), Histories of the Future: Computer Labs in Writing Instruction.

Kirby, C., Henley, C., & Tetu, I. C. (accepted with revisions). Defining Key Modality Parameters of Blended Courses. Journal of Educational Technology Systems.

Tetu, I. C., Doan, S., Potts, L., & McArdle, C. (November, 2024). Emerging practices in a11y communication design: Building accessible programs through accessible design. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691671

Tetu, I. C. (November, 2024). Inviting ChatGPT into technical writing classes: Opportunities, challenges, and student perceptions. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691687 

Tetu, I. C. (February 5, 2024). Review of “User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice.” Programmatic Perspectives 14(2).

Tetu, I. C., Kelly, S., Fu, J., Kirby, C. K., Schopieray, S., & Thomas, S. (January 26, 2024). Developing Asynchronous Workshop Models for Professional Development. Communication Design Quarterly 12(1).

Kirby, C. K., Fu, J., Tetu, I. C., & Zhuang, M. (December, 2023). Fostering Teaching Skills and Collaboration in an Online Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies 9(2).

Tetu, I. C., Oldham Griffith, C., Pouncil, F., & Potts, L. (2023). “Human Centered (Re)Design: Revising a Rhetoric and Writing PhD Program.” Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. ACM SIGDOC. https://doi.org/10.1145/3615335.3623036

Moroski-Rigney, K., Avilés, A. M., Harris, E., & Tetu, I. C. (Eds.). (2023). Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism in Writing Center Work. Special issue of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship 47(4).

Tetu, I. C. (2022). “Accessible Communication App for Teaching Technical Writing.” Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. ACM SIGDOC. https://doi.org/10.1145/3513130.3559008

Sample Courses Taught

AL 111: Introduction to Accessibility in the Humanities
XA 242: Experience Architecture
XA 375: Information Architecture
WRA 101: Writing as Inquiry

Academic Affiliations

CTLI
EDLI
Teach Access
WIDE
WRAP