I am the Director of the Information Technology program in the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Our IT program has grown rapidly in the past few years, and we are exploring new concentrations and minors for the program, including cybersecurity and data science. My responsibilities include strategic planning, local industry & alumni relations, and faculty mentoring. As a researcher, I have over 10 years of accumulated experience working in accessible computing design. I primarily teach human-centered computing with a focus on accessible computing, and application development courses. I also teach cybersecurity related courses at both the introductory and specialized levels.

My research interests encompass the fields of accessible computing and accessibility/intellectual property law, with the goal of improving information access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. In the accessible computing field, I investigate information access disparities between hearing and deaf. For example, I investigate how deaf individuals acquire information through speech-to-text, e.g., enhanced captions that provide visual cues to non-speech information.

In the accessibility/intellectual property law field, I advocate for updates in accessible and intellectual property law, to incorporate accessible computing advances such as automatic captioning/subtitling.

I have published several peer-reviewed publications and received grants in the fields of accessible computing, accessible law and intellectual property law. 

I am an Associate Professor and Director of the Information Technology program in the Department of Science, Technology and Mathematics at Gallaudet University. 

Courses

1. Introduction to Mobile Application Development 
2. STM Senior Capstone
3. IT Senior Capstone
4. Human-Computer Interaction
5. Accessible Computing
6. Corporate Computer Security
7. Computer Science for Non-Majors

2020

Internal

• Title IX Panel Member

External

• CHI Steering Committee Member
• CRA-WP Board Member
• ASSETS Student Research Competition Chair

Publications

1. Google Scholar
2. DBLP
3. ORCID

Grants

1. NIDILRR DRRP (2018-2022)
2. REU Site: Accessible Information and Communication Technologies (2018-2022)
3. REU SITE: Accessible Multimodal Interfaces (2015-2017)
4. Real-Time Captioning by Groups of Non-Experts for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (2012-2016)