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. (2025). Accessible LMS Design for Blind and Low-vision Learners. The Journal on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, [in press].

Huff, E. (2023). Accessible E-Learning Through Story-based Participatory Design for Persons with Vision Impairments. Human-Centered Design and User Experience, 114(114).

Huff, E., & Brinkley, J. (2023). PERCEPTIONS OF READINESS FOR ONLINE LEARNING BETWEEN SIGHTED AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS. In EDULEARN23 Proceedings (pp. 3747-3755). IATED.

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.

Our work researches interventions to help empower people's agency by increasing their fluency with, awareness of, and precautions regarding artificial intelligence (AI), in particular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), for their own understanding and informed use, as well as taking safety measures to avoid its nefarious use.

Publications

Tanksley, T., Smith, A. D. R., Sharma, S. & Huff Jr., E. W. (2025, May). “Ethics is not neutral”: Understanding Ethical and Responsible AI Design from the Lenses of Black Youth. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (in press).

Ko, G., Nanayakkara, S., & Huff Jr, E. W. (2025, May). “We need to avail ourselves of [GenAI] to enhance knowledge distribution”: Empowering Older Adults through GenAI Literacy?. In Extended Abstracts of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts [in press].

Sharma, S. & Huff, E. (2024). AI-Based Applications in Higher Education: A Literature Review. Paper presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. AERA Online Paper Repository