Deborah Prewitt

Teaching Professor,

Graphic Information Technology, The Polytechnic School

TECH 149 MESA, AZ 85212
Mail code: 2180

Campus: Poly
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Long Bio

Deborah Prewitt joined the graphic information technology faculty at Arizona State University as a full-time lecturer in 2011 after teaching part-time for the program for two years. She has more than 25 years of web design, development, management and content writing experience, in addition to 30 years of experience in print design. Currently she serves as the Program Chair for the MS in User Experience. Her areas of interest are usability, UX, user-centered design, web content writing and online learning. Prewitt has held web design or web development positions with ASU, Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Tribune Newspapers, among others.

Education

M.S.Tech. Graphic Information Technology, Arizona State University
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Multimedia Writing and Technical Communication, Arizona State University
B.A. Journalism, Arizona State University

Images

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Research Interests

User Experience (UX)
Usability
Digital Accessibility
User-Centered Design
Web Design and Development
Content Writing
Instructional Design

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 500	Research Methods
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 598	Special Topics

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 500	Research Methods
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 598	Special Topics
GIT 598	Special Topics

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 493	Honors Thesis
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 592	Research
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 560	Capstone
GIT 560	Capstone
GIT 584	Internship

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience

2023 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship
HSE 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 493	Honors Thesis
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 592	Research
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 560	Capstone
GIT 560	Capstone
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 584	Internship
GIT 593	Applied Project

2022 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 584	Internship

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 493	Honors Thesis
GIT 500	Research Methods
GIT 500	Research Methods
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 480	Senior Project
GIT 500	Research Methods
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 592	Research
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 499	Individualized Instruction

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 480	Senior Project
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 590	Reading and Conference

2021 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 590	Reading and Conference
GIT 584	Internship

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 493	Honors Thesis
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 480	Senior Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 590	Reading and Conference

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 480	Senior Project
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 493	Honors Thesis
GIT 414	Web Site Design/Internet/Web
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 414	Web Site Design/Internet/Web
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 542	Usability/User Experience
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 537	Cross Media Production
GIT 590	Reading and Conference

2019 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
GIT 593	Applied Project
GIT 414	Web Site Design/Internet/Web
GIT 432	Graphic Industry Business Prac
GIT 598	Special Topics
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 215	Introduction to Web Authoring
GIT 340	InfoDesign/Usability
GIT 590	Reading and Conference

Expertise Areas

Visual Communication Design

Scholarly and Professional Writing

Human Computer Interactions

Graphic Information Technology

User Experience