Current Projects
Responsa11y
Investigates the design of responsive multimedia (e.g. images, videos) across modalities for audiovisual accessibility.
Reading Support
Explores Deaf and Hard-of-hearing readers' preferences for technologies such as text simplification, saliency modulation, and sign language translation.
DHH Misinformation
Aims to address the issues Deaf and Hard-of-hearing social media users experience with misinformation and moderation.
Recent Publications
ASSETS 2026
Towards the Design of Misinformation Interventions with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adults in the U.S.
Sarah Hau, Filipo Sharevski, Oliver Alonzo
Link coming soon
UAHCI 2026
Adults with Dyslexia & Duolingo: Experiences with Gamified Language Learning and Redesign Ideas
Anupama Kusuma, Tanvi Dalvi, Aleena Niklaus, Oliver Alonzo
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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
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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
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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
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People
Faculty
Current Students
Alia Saadi
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Brendon Keo
M.S. Student
Research Assistant
Sarah Hau
PhD Student
Research Assistant
Alumni
Alex Rudnicki (M.S. Student), Anu Kusuma (M.S. Graduate), Chris Pemberton (M.S. Graduate), Diego Reyes-Alicea (M.S. Graduate), Ishy Islam (M.S. Student), Jess Polk (M.S. Graduate), Josh Mathew (M.S. Graduate), Kavya Krishnakumar (M.S. Student), Maggie Tan (M.S. Student), Mrudhula Thummala (M.S. Student), Sparky Price (M.S. Student), Tanvi Dalvi (M.S. Graduate), Trang Nguyen (M.S. Graduate)