A short IGN news post from me: Tears of the Kingdom demonstrates accessibility through design with a giant laser contraption. I hope you enjoy my first short form news piece! ign.com/articles/tears…

It's the last day of my postdoc at CIL Carleton at Carleton University and I just wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude towards my supervisor, Dr. Audrey Girouard @[email protected] and everything I've learned working here - onwards to new adventures...

The last few days have had me reflecting on my own research and teaching practice, especially as I’m starting my new job at #uwaterloo next week. As I plan out my course, I will include more feminist, queer and bipoc design theory into my teaching practice. We can all do better.

Attending @acmdis2023 and presenting our work "Co-designing Magic Machines for Everyday Mindfulness with Practitioners" tomorrow Come and learn the design space, practitioners’ thought processes and considerations for everyday mindfulness technologies dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35…

Introducing Karen Cochrane, our remarkable postdoctoral fellow! We are thrilled to share that Karen has secured a prestigious faculty position at the Stratford School of Business and Design at UWaterloo, where she will continue her impactful research in #HCI. #CUProud

Marriage v. The Ph.D

Pro-tips reviewing tips from my mentors that you can't find in an official guide (relevant for #CHI2024 reviews): 1) Use "paper-first" language. We evaluate *this version* of the paper, not the authors. E.g., opt for "the paper does not address X" vs "authors did not do X".

I don’t know who needs to hear this but make sure you take care of yourself today. #AcademicChatter #chi2024 #hci

We are excited to present our pictorial "Tactile Narratives: Augmenting Body Maps through Textured Fabric in Soma Design" at #TEI2024! Also excited to catch up with everyone at the conference; come say hello if you are there! dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…

vARitouch: Back of the 👆 Finger Device👆 for Adding Variable Compliance to Rigid Objects by Dr Karen Anne Cochrane Gabriela Vega, Valentin Martinez-Missir, Dennis Wittchen, Nihar Sabnis, Audrey Girouard and Paul Strohmeier #CHI2024 📜 doi.org/10.1145/361390… 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=eTe69g…

⏳Watch soon: vARitouch: Back of the 👆 Finger Device👆 for Adding Variable Compliance to Rigid Objects in Haptics and Embodied Interaction A session at 11:30 AM HST (5:30 PM EDT), in 320 'Emalani Theater in 🇺🇸 #CHI2024 📜 doi.org/10.1145/361390…

TEI2025 will take place in Bordeaux, France, and the calls for submissions are out! As one of the pictorial chairs, I invite you to submit your work to our track. The deadline for full submissions is the 1st of August, 2024. tei.acm.org/2025/participa…

Consider submitting your pictorials to #TEI2025! Pictorials have the same weight as full papers, but visual components play a much more importan role. 🖼 Your submissions can be submitted until August 1. The abstract deadline is on July 25. More Info: tei.acm.org/2025/participa…

Great news this week for #chiplay2024: my PhD student's paper was accepted! She also got accepted into the DC, and my exceptional undergrad students were accepted into the student design competition! I'm very proud of everyone!! #proudacademic #hci #games #accessibility

Hi! We are looking for extra ACs for the pictorial track at TEI Conference 2025. If you have experience publishing pictorials and want to volunteer, DM me!

After a talk I was asked: "what are your thoughts on prioritizing accessibility over aesthetic design?" My response was: Accessibility is a way to scope your aesthetics work. It's a way to provide constraints. And all good design has constraints, otherwise it's not design.