The KIND Lab

News

The latest updates from the KIND Lab.

2025

NSF Grant

Pioneering Accessibility Education: We are launching a collaborative NSF project with RIT, Creighton University, and Teach Access. This initiative involves faculty training with industry leaders like Google and Microsoft to transform how accessibility is taught in computing.

2024

Workshop

In collaboration with TeachAccess, we hosted a workshop focused on integrating accessibility into CS courses.

Publication

New Book Chapter: Data Structures + Accessibility in Teaching Accessible Computing, the first book explaining how to teach accessibility in the field of CS.

Presentation

Undergrad researcher Tyanin Opdahl presented the paper Crafting Disability Fairness Learning in Data Science at the SIGCSE Technical Symposium.

2023

Panel

Participated in a LinkedIn Livestream panel discussing how the pandemic has impacted women in computing.

Presentation

Undergrad researcher Pax Newman presented the paper Towards Machine Learning Fairness Education in a Natural Language Processing Course.

2022

Workshop

Hosted an online workshop discussing how to successfully teach accessibility in computing.

2021

Grant

Received a grant from the US National Science Foundation for Helping Computer Science Students Learn How to Build Accessible Computing Technologies.

Grant

Received a grant from SIGCSE for Teaching Accessibility for Fairness in AI Courses.