Amy Ko Joins CREATE Leadership

July 7, 2026 Dr. Ko studies equitable, liberatory learning about computing and information in schools and beyond. Her work draws from human-computer interaction, computing education, software engineering, programming languages, learning sciences, behavioral sciences, sociology, and more. Ko has supported the AccessComputing team in broadening participation in computing by students with disabilities, fostering supports and awareness about access needs. She co-edited Teaching Accessible Computing, a book that supports computing educators in teaching about accessibility in computer sciences classes, read by tens of…

Amy Ko named ACM Distinguished Member

March 18, 2024 Congratulations to CREATE faculty Amy J. Ko, who has been recognized as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for her work on human-centered theories of program understanding and the development of tools and learning technologies. “I’m honored to be recognized by my nominators, all of whom have been role models and mentors in my career,” said Ko, a professor in the iSchool. “It makes me want to pay their giving and caring work forward to more junior…

New Book: Teaching Accessible Computing

March 14, 2024 A new, free, and community-sourced online book helps Computer Science educators integrate accessibility topics into their classes. Teaching Accessibility provides the foundations of accessibility relevant to computer science teaching and then presents teaching methods for integrating those topics into course designs. The editors are Alannah Oleson, a postdoctoral scholar and co-founder at the UW Center for Learning, Computing, and Imagination (LCI), CREATE and iSchool faculty Amy Ko, and Richard Ladner, CREATE Director of Education Emeritus. You may…