[Access Lunch] From Academic Research to Industry: A Conversation with Accessibility Consultant Dr. Michele Williams (Thu 11/5 2 P ET)

[Cole Gleason]

Reminder that this is happening now!


On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 8:51 AM Cynthia Bennett <cbennet2 at andrew.cmu.edu>
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> Hello Everyone,
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> We’re excited to welcome Michele Williams <https://mawconsultingllc.com/>
> to Accessibility Seminar this week! In conversation with accessibility
> Ph.D. student Stephanie Valencia,
> <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie_Valencia4> 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.
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> ·       When: Thursday, November 5 from 2 to 3 PM Eastern Time.
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> ·       Where: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700#success
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> Do invite your colleagues from inside and outside of the Carnegie Mellon
> University community. However, please do not post the join link publicly.
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> Michele is a longtime colleague in the accessibility community. She has
> published <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1IfsBJEAAAAJ&hl=en>
> important work on topics including how blind and sighted people co-navigate
> together. Here is a more general bio, in her own words:
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> 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.
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> See you Thursday!
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> Cynthia L. Bennett <https://www.bennettc.com/>
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