Current Projects
Reading Support
Explores Deaf and Hard-of-hearing readers' preferences for technologies such as text simplification, saliency modulation, and sign language translation.
ASL in VR
Investigates the feasability of communicating in ASL using virtual reality headsets.
Responsa11y
Investigates the feasibility of responsive multimedia (e.g. images, videos) across modalities for audiovisual accessibility.
DHH Misinformation
Aims to address the issues Deaf and Hard-of-hearing social media users experience with misinformation and moderation.
VR Captioning
Explores how to display and position closed captions in 360° videos for immersion.
Recent Publications
ASSETS 2025
A Review of 25 Years of Human-Computer Interaction Research on Reading Support Technologies for People with Disabilities Published in ACM
Oliver Alonzo, Saad Hassan
CHI 2025
"I have never seen that for Deaf people's content:" Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing User Experiences with Misinformation, Moderation, and Debunking on Social Media in the US
Filipo Sharevski, Oliver Alonzo, Sarah Hau
ASSETS 2024
Design and Evaluation of an Automatic Text Simplification Prototype with Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Readers
Oliver Alonzo, Sooyeon Lee, Akhter Al Amin, Mounica Maddela, Wei Xu, Matt Huenerfauth
People
Faculty
Oliver Alonzo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lab Director
Current Students
Alex Rudnicki
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Diego Reyes-Alicea
M.S. Graduate
Research Assistant
Ishy Islam
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Jess Polk
M.S. Graduate
Research Assistant
Kavya Krishnakumar
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Mrudhula Thummala
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Sarah Hau
Undergraduate Student
Research Assistant
Sparky Price
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Alumni
Anu Kusuma (M.S. Graduate), Chris Pemberton (M.S. Graduate), Josh Mathew (M.S. Graduate), Maggie Tan (M.S. Student), Tanvi Dalvi (M.S. Graduate), Trang Nguyen (M.S. Graduate)