About Me

Hi! I’m a Research Scientist at  Apple AI/ML, where I design and research accessibility technology. I recently completed my Ph.D. thesis focusing on how to make social media more accessible for people with vision impairments at Carnegie Mellon University, where I worked in the CMU Accessibility Lab and was advised by Jeffrey Bigham and Kris Kitani.

Recent Publications

• 2021

  • “It’s Complicated”: Negotiating Accessibility and (Mis) Representation in Image Descriptions of Race, Gender, and Disability

    (CHI '21 Paper) [PDF]

    Cynthia L. Bennett, Cole Gleason, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Anhong Guo, and Alexandra To.

• 2020

  • Making GIFs Accessible

    (ASSETS '20 Paper) [PDF]

    Cole Gleason, Amy Pavel, Himalini Gururaj, Kris M. Kitani, and Jeffrey P. Bigham.

  • Disability and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Twitter to Understand Accessibility during Rapid Societal Transition

    (ASSETS '20 Paper) [PDF]

    Cole Gleason, Stephanie Valencia-Valencia, Lynn Kirabo, Jason Wu, Anhong Guo, Elizabeth J. Carter, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Cynthia L. Bennett, and Amy Pavel.

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    Twitter A11y: A Browser Extension to Make Twitter Images Accessible

    (CHI '20 Paper) [PDF]

    Cole Gleason, Amy Pavel, Emma McCamey, Christina Low, Patrick Carrington, Kris M. Kitani, and Jeffrey P. Bigham.

    Best Paper Honourable Mention Award (Top 5%)