Rachel F. Adler
@rachelfadler.bsky.social
Research in HCI, Accessibility, and Computing Education
Associate Professor at the iSchool at UIUC
Associate Professor at the iSchool at UIUC
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The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Exciting news! Just in time for the start of #cscw2025, the new issue of PACM HCI is out, featuring 400+ articles accepted at CSCW. All should be free to view now and many are open access. dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Exciting news! Just in time for the start of #cscw2025, the new issue of PACM HCI is out, featuring 400+ articles accepted at CSCW. All should be free to view now and many are open access. dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...
Our latest CSCW paper is out - Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Cancer survivors experience a wide range of impairments arising from cancer or its treatment, such as chemo brain, visual impairments, and physical impairments. These impairments degrade their quality of life and potentially make software use more ...
dl.acm.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our latest CSCW paper is out - Toward Designing Accessible and Meaningful Software for Cancer Survivors: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Join us for Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines: Perspectives from ADA Title II, a virtual #ASSETS2025 workshop, featuring a keynote address by @amyko.phd!
📅 Oct 22, 9 AM–2 PM CT
🔗 Info: sites.google.com/view/teach-a...
📝 Register: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...
📅 Oct 22, 9 AM–2 PM CT
🔗 Info: sites.google.com/view/teach-a...
📝 Register: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...
Attending / ASSETS 2025
The 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
assets25.sigaccess.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Join us for Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines: Perspectives from ADA Title II, a virtual #ASSETS2025 workshop, featuring a keynote address by @amyko.phd!
📅 Oct 22, 9 AM–2 PM CT
🔗 Info: sites.google.com/view/teach-a...
📝 Register: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...
📅 Oct 22, 9 AM–2 PM CT
🔗 Info: sites.google.com/view/teach-a...
📝 Register: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...
Come hear Kyrie Zhou present our two CSCW 2025 papers!
#iSchoolUI faculty, students, and recent grads will present their research at #CSCW2025, which will be held October 18-22 in Bergen, Norway. The online portion of the conference will be held on October 10.
More details on our participation can be found here ▶️ bit.ly/3WwORt6
More details on our participation can be found here ▶️ bit.ly/3WwORt6
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Come hear Kyrie Zhou present our two CSCW 2025 papers!
Check out our article: Designing an mHealth prototype for people with disabilities: insights from co-design and heuristic evaluation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Designing an mHealth prototype for people with disabilities: insights from co-design and heuristic evaluation
The transition from inpatient rehabilitation to community living poses significant challenges for individuals with newly acquired disabilities. Peer navigators, individuals with lived experience, a...
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Check out our article: Designing an mHealth prototype for people with disabilities: insights from co-design and heuristic evaluation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For our next virtual Teach Access Alumni Network event (September 9 @2pm CT/3pm ET), everyone is encouraged to bring a friend as we play "Two Truths and a Lie: Accessibility Edition." Looking forward to seeing you there! Registration info: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: September Teach Access Quarterly Meetup. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join us for our September meetup!
We want to bring more people into the accessibility fold — so this month, we’re encouraging everyone to bring a friend or two (whether they’re new to accessibility o...
us02web.zoom.us
September 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For our next virtual Teach Access Alumni Network event (September 9 @2pm CT/3pm ET), everyone is encouraged to bring a friend as we play "Two Truths and a Lie: Accessibility Edition." Looking forward to seeing you there! Registration info: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We're excited to announce our workshop on "Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines" (sites.google.com/view/teach-a...) co-located with #ASSETS2025! Submit your papers by 8/15!
ASSETS 2025
Welcome to Our ASSETS 2025 Workshop!
The workshop on "Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines: Perspectives from ADA Title II," co-located with ASSETS 2025, brings together accessibility researchers...
sites.google.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We're excited to announce our workshop on "Teaching Accessibility Across Disciplines" (sites.google.com/view/teach-a...) co-located with #ASSETS2025! Submit your papers by 8/15!
My latest op-ed: Why Accessibility on Campuses Matters More Than Ever visiblemagazine.com/why-accessib... via @visiblemagazine #TheOpedProject
Why Accessibility on Campuses Matters More Than Ever by Dr. Rachel F. Adler - VISIBLE Magazine
Even as the Trump administration slashes critical funding for services that support people with disabilities, public institutions are scrambling to meet rigorous accessibility standards stipulated by ...
visiblemagazine.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My latest op-ed: Why Accessibility on Campuses Matters More Than Ever visiblemagazine.com/why-accessib... via @visiblemagazine #TheOpedProject
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🚨 SIGCSE Members: Apply now for Special Project Grants (up to $5,000)! 🚀
Deadline: May 15, 2025 🗓️
Support computing education innovation 💡
Apply 👉 forms.gle/HfuM8EZxDKNV...
More info 👉 sigcse.org/programs/spe...
#SIGCSE #CSed #EdTech #Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2025 🗓️
Support computing education innovation 💡
Apply 👉 forms.gle/HfuM8EZxDKNV...
More info 👉 sigcse.org/programs/spe...
#SIGCSE #CSed #EdTech #Grants
SIGCSE Special Projects Application
Since 2003, SIGCSE has awarded a limited number of Special Projects Grants each year. These grants help SIGCSE members investigate and introduce new ideas in the learning and teaching of computing. Pr...
forms.gle
April 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 SIGCSE Members: Apply now for Special Project Grants (up to $5,000)! 🚀
Deadline: May 15, 2025 🗓️
Support computing education innovation 💡
Apply 👉 forms.gle/HfuM8EZxDKNV...
More info 👉 sigcse.org/programs/spe...
#SIGCSE #CSed #EdTech #Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2025 🗓️
Support computing education innovation 💡
Apply 👉 forms.gle/HfuM8EZxDKNV...
More info 👉 sigcse.org/programs/spe...
#SIGCSE #CSed #EdTech #Grants
Our CSCW paper is out: Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Music plays an important role in the personal fulfillment and cognitive performance
of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals. Since deafness is a spectrum -- as
are DHH individuals' preferences a...
dl.acm.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our CSCW paper is out: Exploring the Diversity of Music Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
We are looking to interview parents of children with autism (or therapists working with them) about their experiences with gamified technologies. If you have time to volunteer for a 1 hour interview you can sign up here to speak to Maryam (phd student): calendly.com/maryamj3
Jahadakbar, Maryam
Welcome to my scheduling page. Please follow the instructions to add an event to my calendar.
calendly.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We are looking to interview parents of children with autism (or therapists working with them) about their experiences with gamified technologies. If you have time to volunteer for a 1 hour interview you can sign up here to speak to Maryam (phd student): calendly.com/maryamj3
I'm excited to start planning for our new #SIGCSE Special Projects grant titled "Building an Inclusive Future: Teaching Accessibility to K-12 Teachers"
March 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm excited to start planning for our new #SIGCSE Special Projects grant titled "Building an Inclusive Future: Teaching Accessibility to K-12 Teachers"
My latest op-ed in The Opinion Pages on recent federal changes and how it is impacting people with disabilities.
theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...
theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...
We Need To Ensure Federal Protections for the Disabled | The Opinion Pages
When Secretary of Education Linda McMahon fumbled with what IDEA stands for, even as she defended the layoffs of more than 1,300 Department of Education employees, it spoke to how little thought is gi...
theopinionpages.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My latest op-ed in The Opinion Pages on recent federal changes and how it is impacting people with disabilities.
theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...
theopinionpages.com/2025/03/we-n...
Check out our #SIGCSE2025 paper Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students | Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1
dl.acm.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Check out our #SIGCSE2025 paper Opening Digital Doors: Early Lessons in Software Accessibility for K-8 Students dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Postdoc opportunity at the School of Information Sciences, Urbana-Champaign. Teaching one course a semester. Application deadline April 1, but they recommend conversation with potential faculty mentors in advance of that date. Renewable for a second year. Pls RT! ischool.illinois.edu/research/pos...
Postdoctoral Research Associate Program
Description of the postdoctoral research associate program including requirements and application process.
ischool.illinois.edu
February 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Postdoc opportunity at the School of Information Sciences, Urbana-Champaign. Teaching one course a semester. Application deadline April 1, but they recommend conversation with potential faculty mentors in advance of that date. Renewable for a second year. Pls RT! ischool.illinois.edu/research/pos...
The Teach Access Alumni Network invites you to connect Tuesday, March 4, 3–4 PM ET for a conversation about the challenges we face surrounding accessibility, ideas that will move us forward, and how we can build a strong, united community by taking meaningful action. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Teach Access Alumni Network Quarterly Meetup. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Teach Access Alumni Network Quarterly Meetup. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us02web.zoom.us
February 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Teach Access Alumni Network invites you to connect Tuesday, March 4, 3–4 PM ET for a conversation about the challenges we face surrounding accessibility, ideas that will move us forward, and how we can build a strong, united community by taking meaningful action. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Several conferences and journals added to the starter pack
@tei-conf.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social
@sportshci.bsky.social
@iwcjournal.bsky.social
Use the starter pack to follow these HCI venues, and ping me if you know more to add!
go.bsky.app/GN935Hq
@tei-conf.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social
@sportshci.bsky.social
@iwcjournal.bsky.social
Use the starter pack to follow these HCI venues, and ping me if you know more to add!
go.bsky.app/GN935Hq
January 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Several conferences and journals added to the starter pack
@tei-conf.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social
@sportshci.bsky.social
@iwcjournal.bsky.social
Use the starter pack to follow these HCI venues, and ping me if you know more to add!
go.bsky.app/GN935Hq
@tei-conf.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social
@sportshci.bsky.social
@iwcjournal.bsky.social
Use the starter pack to follow these HCI venues, and ping me if you know more to add!
go.bsky.app/GN935Hq
Our paper is out: Empowering access: Integrating multiple means of engagement when teaching accessible design principles link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Empowering access: Integrating multiple means of engagement when teaching accessible design principles - Education and Information Technologies
Although digital accessibility topics are increasingly gaining inclusion in university computing classrooms, many instructors still encounter difficulties in engaging students with this subject. The U...
link.springer.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Our paper is out: Empowering access: Integrating multiple means of engagement when teaching accessible design principles link.springer.com/article/10.1...
My OpEd: Work-life balance & New Year’s resolutions “Achieving work-life balance may never be perfect, but remains an ongoing process of iteration and refinement—for women, mothers, and everyone.
In 2025, let’s commit to supporting ourselves and one another—at work and at home—for a happy new year.”
In 2025, let’s commit to supporting ourselves and one another—at work and at home—for a happy new year.”
Work-Life Balance: Practice Iteration over Perfection – Women's eNews
"For the 6th year in a row, women are significantly less satisfied across almost all 26 job satisfaction components surveyed.”
womensenews.org
December 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM
My OpEd: Work-life balance & New Year’s resolutions “Achieving work-life balance may never be perfect, but remains an ongoing process of iteration and refinement—for women, mothers, and everyone.
In 2025, let’s commit to supporting ourselves and one another—at work and at home—for a happy new year.”
In 2025, let’s commit to supporting ourselves and one another—at work and at home—for a happy new year.”
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Two tenure-track positions in AI at the School of Information Sciences, UIUC. Artificial intelligence is broadly construed here to include AI policy, governance, ethics, AI for cultural heritage, &c. Review of applications will start Jan 6th. Please RT and share! #MLSky #NeurIPS
Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Artificial Intelligence-School of Information Sciences
The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois invites applications from qualified individuals for 100% full-time Tenure-Track Facul...
illinois.csod.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
The feeling when you always fail the human checks on websites....
a blue robot with a bell on its head stands on a white background
Alt: a blue robot with a bell on its head stands on a white background
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
The feeling when you always fail the human checks on websites....
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Day 2, I am slowly but surely finding my #ComputingEducation / #CSed community here on Bluesky 🦋
Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/4CFkrJa
Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/4CFkrJa
November 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Day 2, I am slowly but surely finding my #ComputingEducation / #CSed community here on Bluesky 🦋
Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/4CFkrJa
Who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/4CFkrJa
My latest op-ed highlights that accessible design should not be an afterthought —it needs to start in K-12 education. thefulcrum.us/inclusion-di... #TheOpedProject @uofilsystem.bsky.social
K-12 digital education must involve inclusion and accessible design
A new report highlights the urgent need to expand access to K-12 computer science education in the United States, as millions of students still lack these opportunities in a technology-driven world.On...
thefulcrum.us
November 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
My latest op-ed highlights that accessible design should not be an afterthought —it needs to start in K-12 education. thefulcrum.us/inclusion-di... #TheOpedProject @uofilsystem.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel F. Adler
Located 2 awesome HCI and Accessibility researcher starter packs thanks to @evanmpeck.bsky.social!!
HCI list, by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
HCI Accessibility list, by @jonfroehlich.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Evan's post just now:
bsky.app/profile/evan...
HCI list, by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
HCI Accessibility list, by @jonfroehlich.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Evan's post just now:
bsky.app/profile/evan...
Someone with more gusto than me should assemble a "researchers in HCI" starter pack. We need to connect! Or... is there already one made somewhere?? 👀
(I know about the visualization one by @chezvoila.com already and it has been awesome.)
(I know about the visualization one by @chezvoila.com already and it has been awesome.)
November 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Located 2 awesome HCI and Accessibility researcher starter packs thanks to @evanmpeck.bsky.social!!
HCI list, by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
HCI Accessibility list, by @jonfroehlich.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Evan's post just now:
bsky.app/profile/evan...
HCI list, by @comic-sans-soleil.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
HCI Accessibility list, by @jonfroehlich.bsky.social: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Evan's post just now:
bsky.app/profile/evan...