About Me

I am a National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. My postdoc research, in collaboration with Dr. Wanda Pratt, explores how to translate accessible technology and disability studies knowledge into the healthcare contexts. I graduated with my PhD in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington in 2024. My dissertation research, advised by Dr. Leah Findlater, focused on how captioning technologies could be redesigned to support hearing and d/Deaf and hard of hearing communication partners in co-creating access. Broadly, I am interested in what new kinds of, applications for, ways of understanding technology emerge when research is rooted in disability community and activist knowledge. I use a range of qualitative and design methods to do interdisciplinary technology research. My ultimate goal is to be tenure-track faculty supervising PhD students in an information school or interdisciplinary department.

ejm249 [at] uw [dot] edu

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Last updated: October 2024

Selected Publications

* Indicates that both authors contributed equally to this work

Teaching Experience

Honors, Funding, and Awards

Mentoring/Advising

Volunteer/Service

UW Office of the ADA's Committee on Disabiltiy, Access, and Inclusion; October 2024 to Present

ASSETS 2024 Hybrid Co-Chair; July 2024-October 2024

CSCW 2023 Student Volunteer; October 2023

ASSETS 2022 Virtual Co-Chair; November 2021-October 2022

UAW #4121 Contract Enforcement; January 2021-June 2024

HCDE PhD Student Research Grant Reviewer; April 2022-April 2023

PhD Student Ambassador; October 2021-June 2024

PhD Application Review; December 2020-December 2024

Girls Who Code Facilitator; September 2021-June 2022

Admitted PhD Student Days Coordinator; March 2019-March 2024

Selected Invited Talks/Panels

AccessComputing Webinar - Basics of Disability History; August 2024

University of Washington Foundation Board; April 2024

HCDE 515 and 315 - Accessiblity and Inclusive Design, University of Washington; April 2022, October 2022, January 2023, April 2024

Department of Information Studies, University of Colorado; February 2024

School of Information, University of Michigan; February 2024

Disability Studies Working Group, Northwestern Medicine; January 2024

Interdisciplinary Research Methods, Northeastern University; September 2023

Advanced Topics in Accessibility, University of Michigan; September 2023

CSE-P 590 - The Future of Accessible Technology; University of Washington ; February 2023

CSCI 327 - Inclusive Technology Design, Oberlin College ; February 2023

AccessComputing Webinar - Considerations for Technology Design For People with Chronic Illnesses; January 2023

Access Lunch, Carnegie Mellon University; December 2023

UW Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering Accessibility Colloquium; November 2022

Accessibility, HCI, and Aging Group, University of Michigan; April 2022, October 2022, January 2023

HCDE 515 and 315 - Accessiblity and Inclusive Design, University of Washington; April 2022, October 2022, January 2023

Society for Disability Studies 2021 Conference; April 2021

HCI 05499 - Special Topics in HCI: Accessibility, Carnegie Mellon University; March 2021