Aaleyah is a PhD student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is advised by Dr. James Fogarty and Dr. Jennifer Mankoff. She completed her undergraduate studies at UMBC, where she majored in Computer Science. She is a GEM fellow and ARCS Foundation Scholar.
Her research in accessibility explores the opportunities and tensions in improving AI-based technologies to equitably support people with disabilities who hold intersecting marginalized identities. She is also interested in communication access for multilingual people with disabilities who have diverse communication patterns. You can find Aaleyah’s work at: https://aaleyahlewis.github.io/.
Brianna is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a visiting researcher at the University of Washington. She’s advised by Dr. Ronald Metoyer (Notre Dame) and Dr. Jennifer Mankoff (Washington). Brianna earned her Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Alabama in 2021, advised by Prof. Chris Crawford. She is also a Google Ph.D. Fellow.
Her research centers on improving data visualizations for accessibility, particularly for those with visual impairments. She works on identifying accessibility challenges and crafting more user-friendly interactive visualization experiences.
Kate is a PhD student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is advised by Professor Jennifer Mankoff. She completed her undergraduate studies at USC, where she double-majored in Computer Science and Business Administration, as well as received her master’s degree in Computer Science. She is an NSF CSGrad4US fellow.
She is interested in studying the intersection of digital and physical technologies that empower those with disabilities or illnesses. Her recent research focuses on generative AI and accessibility, seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities for improving access as well as identifying areas for improvement.
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.
Jerry is a PhD student at the Paul G. Allen School for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He conducts research in the Make4All Lab and UbiComp Lab, where he’s advised by Jennifer Mankoff and Shwetak Patel.
His research focuses on improving healthcare accessibility by creating assistive technologies using digital fabrication and wearable sensing. He also works in the pure fabrication space, creating novel 3D-printable sensors and optimizing the strength of 3D-printed parts.
