News
June 2026
AFB Report on AI in Hiring and the Workplace
I contributed as a co-author to the American Foundation for the Blind's report, "Working with the Machine: AI's Expanding Role in Employment for People With Disabilities." It follows AI across the whole arc of work: automated assessments and AI-led interviews that collide with a candidate's assistive technology, AI used on the job as de facto assistive technology (disabled workers reported noticeably higher use of AI-generated captions and image descriptions than their nondisabled peers), workplace policies that quietly rule those same tools out, and surveillance systems that misread an accommodation as underperformance. What stays with me is how often the same tool is both the accommodation and the barrier, depending entirely on who wrote the policy. You can read the full report on AFB's website.
AFB Report on AI and Transportation Access
I contributed as a co-author to the American Foundation for the Blind's report, "Navigating Toward AI: Transportation Access in a Changing Technology Landscape," the first topic-specific report drawn from our national AI survey. Blind and low-vision respondents were the most enthusiastic group about autonomous vehicles — 74% called AV development important, compared to 41% of sighted respondents — and also the group least likely to say the ride itself worked for them, with only 49% of BLV riders describing a fully accessible experience against 75% of sighted riders. Meanwhile, 98% of everyone surveyed said good public transit matters. That gap between the promise and the actual ride is the part I keep returning to, and it sits close to the questions I am asking about delivery robots at Infosys. You can read the full report on AFB's website.
Research Scientist Intern at Infosys
Since June 2026, I have been at Infosys' Center for Autonomous Machines as a Research Scientist Intern, conducting mixed-methods research on last-mile delivery robots (LMDRs). I am especially interested in how perceptible these systems' signals and cues are — who they actually work for, and who they leave behind.
March 2026
AFB National Report on AI & Disability
I contributed as a co-author to the American Foundation for the Blind's national report, "The AI Quagmire: Benefits, Risks, and User Aspirations Through a Disability Lens." Drawing on a survey of over 1,700 Americans with and without disabilities, the report examines how people are using AI, the barriers and risks disabled users face, and actionable recommendations for developers, employers, educators, and policymakers. You can read the full report on AFB's website.
January 2026
New Paper Accepted to CHI 2026!
Our paper on "I Don’t Trust Any Professional Research Tool": A Re-Imagination of Knowledge Production Workflows by, with, and for Blind and Low-Vision Researchers has been accepted to CHI 2026! You can read the published paper on ACM Digital Library. I look forward to presenting this work at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain in April!
August 2025
ASSETS 2025 In-Person Attendance
I will be attending ASSETS 2025 in Denver, CO in October! I am very much looking forward to connecting with fellow researchers and practitioners working across any and all work within accessibility.
March 2025
CHI 2025 In-Person Presentation
I will be presenting our Late-Breaking Work at CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan! I am excited to share our findings and engage with the broader CHI community.
February 2025
Late-Breaking Work Accepted to CHI 2025!
Our late-breaking work has been accepted to CHI 2025! You can find the preprint at this link.