Associate Dean for Undergraduate Assessment and Accreditation
Sauman (Sue) Chu, PhD, is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Assessment and Accreditation at the Office of Undergraduate Education. Her role supports and advances assessment of student learning goals and processes in partnership with collegiate and unit leaders and faculty. Sue also works in collaboration with the Provost's Office for the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses re-accreditation. Chu served as the College of Design’s Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Faculty Affairs from 2019-2022. She also served as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Graphic Design program from 2013-2019. Her research focuses on bilingual and multilingual design and human-centered design for improving communications. Her creative approach to problem solving relies on deep empathy for the audience and involves generating ideas, building prototypes and solutions, and sharing them with the audience. Chu’s research challenges the norm by bringing users to the center of design decisions. Her interdisciplinary research efforts were published in both design and medical journals. Chu is honored along the UMN Scholar’s Walk with the 2018-2019 Morse-Alumni award as a Distinguished Teacher.