The CREATE Accessibility Seminar, CSE 590w – Accessibility Research, brings students and faculty together to explore a variety of topics relating to accessibility and technology. In the Fall, we usually read a book together. Spring seminars are usually short research presentations, followed by discussion and critical evaluations.
Spring 2025
The Spring 2025 CREATE Accessibility Seminar is a chance for students to present their research and get feedback. Note that the seminar meets 2-3 times a month and shares a day/time/location with the CREATE Coffee Chats.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
In-person in Gates/CSE2 rm 287 | Zoom: CREATE Accessibility Seminar
Please sign up in advance to help us plan
- To participate and earn 1 credit, register for CSE 590w – Accessibility Research. If you need an add code, message Aashaka Desai, Gina Clepper, or Stacy Hsueh.
- To participate without earning credit, join the seminar mailing list. No need to register. Please complete the accessibility needs portion of the form as soon as possible.
- For more information, contact the student leads, Aashaka Desai, Gina Clepper, or Stacy Hsueh.
Related explorations
Tinkering Tuesdays: DIY Accessible Technology meetings
CREATE hosts Tinkering Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m. in the Gates/CSE2 283 lab. Tinker with various forms of DIY Accessible Technology (DIYAT) and related technologies. The space has lightweight making and accessibility equipment, such as an embroidery machine, swell paper printer, 3D printers, and soldering. Get updates on CREATE’s #diyat Slack channel.
Assistive Robotics Reading Group
Maya Cakmak’s Assistive Robotics Reading Group (CSE 590 K) is happening again Winter quarter 2025! The last one (in 2022) was very engaging and planted the seeds for a published paper. We will read newer papers on robotics, accessibility, and occupational therapy, with the goal of identifying unique, unexplored opportunities for robots to assist people.
Past seminar topics
- Autumn 2024: Time segment from Margaret Price’s Crip Spacetime book and other readings
- Autumn 2023: Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
- Autumn 2022: Keah Brown’s The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me
- Winter 2021: graduate student research reports
- Autumn 2021: Margaret Price’s MAD at School
- Autumn 2020: research in the intersection of disability and race, primarily focusing on under-represented minorities