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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re excited to welcome <a href="https://mawconsultingllc.com/">
Michele Williams</a> to Accessibility Seminar this week! In conversation with accessibility Ph.D. student
<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie_Valencia4">Stephanie Valencia,</a> she’ll talk about translating doctoral work focusing on accessibility research to industry and independent consulting after. She’ll also share what she learned from working
in industry before her Ph.D. and how that helped her streamline and prioritize her dissertation work. This talk will be especially informative for students of all levels struggling with project management and to students considering nonacademic career options
after graduation. There will be time for the audience to ask questions at the end.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">When: Thursday, November 5 from 2 to 3 PM Eastern Time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Where: <a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success" target="_blank">
https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do invite your colleagues from inside and outside of the Carnegie Mellon University community. However, please do not post the join link publicly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michele is a longtime colleague in the accessibility community. She has
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1IfsBJEAAAAJ&hl=en">published</a> important work on topics including how blind and sighted people co-navigate together. Here is a more general bio, in her own words:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Michele A. Williams has 15 years of academic and industrial experience in UX, accessibility, and technology. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science, Master of Software Engineering with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction, and PhD in
Human-Centered Computing with a focus on user-centered research with participants with disabilities to build accessible tech. In industry her positions have included Senior Voice User Interface (VUI) Designer at Convergys, Accessibility Analyst at Level Access,
and Senior UX Researcher focused on Accessibility at Pearson. Most recently she has moved into independent consulting, starting her company M.A.W. Consulting, LLC – Making Accessibility Work. She is passionate about ensuring people with disabilities are not
excluded from technology and has a goal of influencing the UX field to be the pioneers of this inclusion.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See you Thursday!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.bennettc.com/">Cynthia L. Bennett</a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/she-her">Pronouns: she/her</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/clb5590?lang=en">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/clb5590/">LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4S6LJh8AAAAJ&hl=en">Google Scholar</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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