Achieving equity and inclusion in education entails examining areas in learning that limit or deny participation or access for learners from minoritized identities. For example, while online learning (e-learning) provides a flexible and convenient alternative to traditional classroom instruction, further research is needed to assess the usability and accessibility of e-learning technologies for persons with disabilities.

Publications

Huff Jr, E. W., & Brinkley, J. (2021). A Diary Study of The Teaching and Learning Experience in A High School Programming Course. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 201-205). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Huff Jr, E. W., Boateng, K., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., & Brinkley, J. (2021, March). Exploring the Perspectives of Teachers of the Visually Impaired Regarding Accessible K12 Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 156-162).

Huff, E. W., Boateng, K., Moster, M., Rodeghero, P., & Brinkley, J. (2020, September). Examining The Work Experience of Programmers with Visual Impairments. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) (pp. 707-711). IEEE.

As jobs in the STEM industry (including UX design) surge in availability, the number of eligible candidates to fill such jobs do not meet the demand, especially in the tech industry. Research points to the lack of diversity in the candidate pool. Thus, efforts should be made to include people from historically underrepresented groups in STEM careers, starting at the K12 level.

Publications

Cummings, R. T.,Huff, E. W., Mack, N. A., Womack, K., Reid, A., Ghoram, B., Gosha, K., Gilbert, J. E. (2020). An Exploration of Black Students Interacting with Computing College and Career Readiness Vlog Commentary Social Media Influencers. Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 29-40, 1 Sept.-Oct. 2020, doi: 10.1109/MCSE.2020.3005635.

Gosha, K., Kannan, V., Morgan, L., & Huff Jr., E.W.. (2019). Strategic Partnerships to Enhance Data Structures and Algorithms Instruction at HBCUs. In 2019 ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2019), April 18-20, 2019, Kennesaw, GA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3299815.3314457

Mack, A., Huff, E. W., Cummings, R., Womack, K., Dowling, N., & Gosha, K. (2019). From Midshipmen to Cyber Pros: Training Minority Naval Reserve Officer Training Corp Students for Cybersecurity. In Proceedings of The 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’19), February 27- March 2, 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages.

As society strives to create technology usable for all potential consumers, we have to ask ourselves, “Are we including all potential consumers in the design of our technology?” Achieving high user experience (UX) in products involves addressing the limitations of users and leveraging their strengths in design. Beyond the technical considerations, we, as researchers and designers, must also examine the social and human factors that impact how products may discriminate against one or more user groups.

Publications

Huff Jr, E. W., Gluck, A., Boateng, K., & Brinkley, J. (2021). The Daily Experiences of Facebook for Visually Impaired Users. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 221-225). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

Brinkley, J., Huff Jr, E. W., Posadas, B., Woodward, J., Daily, S. B., & Gilbert, J. E. (2020). Exploring the Needs, Preferences, and Concerns of Persons with Visual Impairments Regarding Autonomous Vehicles. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 13(1), 1-34.

Huff Jr, E. W., DellaMaria, N., Posadas, B., & Brinkley, J. (2019). Am I Too Old to Drive?: Opinions of Older Adults on Self-Driving Vehicles. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 500-509). ACM.

Huff, E. W., Mack, N. A., Cummings, R., Womack, K., Gosha, K., & Gilbert, J. E. (2019). Evaluating the Usability of Pervasive Conversational User Interfaces for Virtual Mentoring. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 80-98). Springer, Cham.