CREATE student members are University of Washington students who are interested in a facet of accessibility: research, education, or translation-to-practice.
Student members receive announcements and invitations for public events such as seminars and talks, network with the CREATE community through the UW CREATE students Slack channel, and are eligible for CREATE Student Minigrants.
How to get involved
| To learn about: | Consider these programs: | Get started: |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive engineering design, hands-on adaptive making, and to connect with other students | HuskyAdapt: student-run group that learns about adaptive engineering design and creates adaptive toys that are distributed to the community. | Apply in October-November |
| Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) | DUB REU (may need to correct year in url) | Apply in January |
| Computing research and education | CRA-WP DREU: awards, scholarships and programs for undergrad and graduate students from underrepresented communities | Apply in March |
| Mentorship, internships, opportunities in computing fields | UW AccessComputing | ongoing |
| Academics | Accessibility courses at the UW | Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters |
| Networking, advocacy, accessibility learning | Teach Access student programs for networking with higher education, industry, and advocacy organizations while learning about accessibility | ongoing |
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STUDENT NEWS
Former CREATE postdoc Sasha Portnova talks about her experiences and inspirations
November 22, 2024 Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Portnova, who was a postdoctoral research with CREATE in 2022-24, was interviewed about those experiences as a NIDILRR-funded fellow and about her work in rehabilitation research. In the National Rehabilitation Information Center interview, Portnova spoke about the value of the CREATE ARRT fellowship in transitioning from the overwhelming life…
CREATE at ASSETS 2024: Papers & Workshops
September 25, 2024 CREATE faculty, students, and alumni had a large presence at ASSETS 2024, the international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. If we missed any CREATE research, please email Liz Diether-Martin with the details. Awards ASSETS 2024 Best Paper Award:Engaging with Children's Artwork in Mixed Visual-Ability FamiliesArnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jacob O. Wobbrock (CREATE associate…
CREATE researchers find ChatGPT biased against resumes that imply disability, models improvement
June 24, 2024 Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools can be useful and help people meet currently unaddressed access needs, but we need to acknowledge that risks such as bias exist, and be proactive as a field in finding accessible ways to validate GAI outputs. This is the takeaway from CREATE Ph.D. student Kate Glazko, who…
Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship for Reham Abuatiq
June 13, 2024 Congratulations to CREATE Ph.D. student Reham Abuatiq, who has received the 2024 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship, which will fully fund her for one quarter for her dissertation writing phase! Advised by CREATE associate director Heather Feldner, Abuatiq's dissertation work explores the Healthcare Transition of Middle Eastern Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and…
Congrats to CREATE's Graduating Ph.D. Students 2024!
May 30, 2024 Four of CREATE's influential and productive doctoral students are graduating this spring. Please join us in congratulating Kelly Avery Mack, Emma McDonnell, Venkatesh Potluri, Ather Sharif, and Rachel Franz and wishing them well. Profiles Kelly Avery Mack Kelly Avery Mack received their Ph.D. from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science…