Congratulations go out to Cindy Bennett and Rua William, two AccessComputing Team members, on completing their Ph.D. programs this academic year.听Cindy鈥檚 dissertation, titled 鈥淭oward Centering Access in Professional Design,鈥 explores the representation by people with disabilities in the design of accessible technology. She also created interventions that demonstrate best practices for including people with disabilities in the design of products that they benefit from.听Cindy鈥檚 Ph.D.听is from the 糖心原创.听Cindy is currently a postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University and Apple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Rua鈥檚 dissertation is titled 鈥淢etaCogs: VR ToolKit for Executive Function Assessment and Metacognitive Strategy Development.鈥澨齎R stands for virtual reality, and metacognition is about conscious beliefs and strategies related to personal management and goal setting. Their dissertation describes the design and implementation of a VR tool for real-time measurement of executive function and metacognitive strategy development.听Rua鈥檚 degree is from the University of Florida. They听begin a tenure track position in computer graphics and technology at Purdue University in the fall.听