Aashaka is a PhD candidate in the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. She is advised by Dr. Jennifer Mankoff and Dr. Richard Ladner. Her research focuses on d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing communication accessibility and explores how can we support all ways of communicating. She explores a range of modalities (speechreading, signing, captioning) as well as languages (multilingualism) in my work. She aims to both document the fluidity of language/communication as well as build technologies that support minoritized communication practices.
You can read more about Aashaka’s research at https://aashakadesai.github.io/
