Imari Cheyne Tetu
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ImariCheyne
Graduate StudentWriting, Rhetoric, and Cultures
PhD
Research Assistant, EDLI
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 online, in-person, and hyflex versions of WRA 101: Writing as Inquiry and XA 242: Intro to Experience 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 an active member of the Teach Access alumni network.
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
Exhibitions
Reimagining disability justice in writing centers: Practical strategies, inclusive communities [Workshop session].
International Writing Center Association Conference [virtual].
2021
Tetu, I. C., Avilés, A., Harris, E., Kayden, E., Moroski-Rigney, K. (2021, October).
Social justice, writing justice: Weaving accessible writing communities through disability and inclusion [Panel presentation].
Conference on Community Writing [virtual].
2021
Tetu, I. C., Avilés, A., Harris, E., Moroski-Rigney, K. (2021, October).
SVSU writing program website: Usability study and recommendations for an improved user experience [Conference session].
SVSU Center for Experience Research and Design World Usability Day 5.0, University Center, MI.
2019
Tetu, I. C., Maday, J. & Vennix, M. (2019, Nov. 14)
Accessible to all? Really?: A workshop examining who doesn’t visit the writing center and why [Workshop session].
Michigan Writing Centers Association Conference, Mount Pleasant, MI.
2019
Tetu, I. C., Kennedy, E., & Mose, H. (2019, Nov. 2).
The art of seeing the unseen: Who doesn’t visit the writing center, and why? [Conference session].
International Writing Center Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring Conference, Columbus, OH.
2019
Tetu, I. C., Kennedy, E., & Mose, H. (2019, Oct. 19).
Going Rogue: Engaging the Next Generation of Students through Programmatic Website Design [Conference session].
Corridors: Great Lakes Writing & Rhetoric Conference, Rochester, MI.
2019
Williamson, W., Kowalewski, S., Maday, J., Tetu, I. C., Hagen, A., & Ames, A. (2019, Sep. 28).
The myth of the writing center re-examined: Who we really are and what we really believe [Conference session].
Michigan Writing Centers Association Conference, Flint, MI.
2018
Raica-Klotz, H. & Tetu, I. C. (2018, Oct. 20).