Imari Cheyne Tetu

tetuimar@msu.edu
989.701.4220

267 Bessey Hall
434 Farm Ln
East Lansing, MI 48824

Graduate StudentWriting, Rhetoric, and Cultures

PhD
Research Assistant, EDLI

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-4480

Biography

Research Interests

User Experience Design, Universal Design for Learning, Accessibility, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technical Communication

Profile

Imari Cheyne Tetu is a graduate research assistant with EDLI and a PhD student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures. She holds an A.A. in general studies from Kirtland Community College, 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. Her research interests include AI writing tools, UX research, web accessibility, and technical communication, and her teaching experience includes Writing as Inquiry; Intro to Experience Architecture; Accessibility for the Humanities; and Information Architecture. Imari has worked as a graduate researcher with WIDE (Writing, Information, and Digital Experience) and as a freelance technical writer and instructional designer. She is also a member of the Teach Access alumni network steering committee. 

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

Courses

XA 111: Introduction to Accessibility in Experience Architecture

XA 242: Introduction to Experience Architecture

XA 375: Information Architecture