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Research Positions

  • Computing Innovation Fellow, Computing Research Association (2020-2022). Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington. Topic: Safeguarding Visual Privacy Through User-Centered AI. Mentor: Dr. Leah Findlater 
  • Bullard Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Image and Video Computing Group (2019-2020). School of Information, University of Texas at Austin. Topic: Training Next Generation Image Description Technologies. Mentor: Dr. Danna Gurari 
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Sikuli Lab (2013-2019). Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado-Boulder. Topic: Inclusive Tactile Media Production and Consumption with People who are Blind Advisor: Dr. Tom Yeh

Education

  • Ph.D. Technology, Media, and Society (2013 – 2019). ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Advisor: Dr. Tom Yeh 
  • M.S. Information Communication Technology for Development (2011 – 2013). ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Advisors: Dr. Revi Stirling, Dr. Tom Yeh 
  • Graduate Diploma, Landscape Studies (2010 – 2011). School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University 
  • B.ENVD, Environmental Design and Planning (2005 – 2008). College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado 

Funding

  • National Science Foundation/ Computing Research Association, Computing Innovation Fellowship, Computing Research Association (2020-2022). Safeguarding Visual Privacy Through User-Centered AI. Amount: $300,000.
  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education, Center for STEM Learning, University of Colorado (2017-2018). 3D Printed Tactile Picture Books as a Pathway into STEM. Amount: $10,000. 
  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education, Center for STEM Learning, University of Colorado (2016-2017).  Critical Making for Accessible Media Information Literacy In The Age Of STEM Education. Amount: $10,000 Rotary International Temple Buell Ambassadorial Scholarship, New Zealand (2010-2011). Merit-based scholarship based on ethos of “Service Above Self”. Amount: $24,000.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

[P14] Zhang, L., Shao, J., Liu, A., Jiang, L., Stangl, A., Fourney, A., Morris, M.R., and Findlater, L. (2022). Exploring Interactive Sound Design for Auditory Websites. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 222, 1–16.

[P13] Stangl, A., Verma, N., Fleischmann, K., Morris, M.R., and Gurari, D. (2021). Going Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Image Descriptions to Satisfy the Information Wants of People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 329-341). ACM.

[P12] Stangl, A., Shiroma, K., Fleischmann, K., Xie, B., and Gurari, D. (2020). Visual Content People Who are Blind Consider Private. ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS). 

[P11] Stangl, A., Morris, M.R. and Gurari, D. (2020). “Person, Shoes, Tree. Is the Person Naked?” What People with Vision Impairments Want in Image Descriptions. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13). ACM. 

[P10] Stangl, A., Cunningham, A., Blake, L.A. and Yeh, T. (2019). Defining Problems of Practices to Advance Inclusive Tactile Media Consumption and Production. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 329-341). ACM. 

[P9] Gurari, D., Li, Q., Lin, C., Zhao, Y., Guo, A., Stangl, A., Bigham, J. (2019). VizWiz-Priv: A Dataset for Recognizing the Presence and Purpose of Private Visual Information in Images Taken by Blind People. 2019 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. 

[P8] Stangl, A., Kothari, E., Jain, S. D., Yeh, T., Grauman, K., Gurari, D. (2018). BrowseWithMe: An Online Clothes Shopping Assistant for People with Visual Impairments. In Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 107-118). ACM. 

[P7] Gurari, D., Li, Q., Stangl, A., Guo, A., Lin, C., Grauman, K., Luo, J., and Bigham, J. (2018). Vizwiz grand challenge: Answering visual questions from blind people. In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (pp. 3608-3617). CVPR. 

[P5] Suzuki, R., Stangl, A., Gross, M. D., Yeh, T. (2017). FluxMarker: Enhancing Tactile Graphics with Dynamic Tactile Markers. In Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 190-199). ACM. 

[P5] Stangl, A., Weidler-Lewis, J., Lauff, C., Price, E., Fauble, E. (2017). The SEL Transition Wheel: Designing for Early Childhood Social Emotional Learning. In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp. 334-339). ACM. 

[P4] Boyd, L. E., Rector, K., Profita, H., Stangl, A., Zolyomi, A., Kane, S. K., Hayes, G. R. (2017). Understanding the Role Fluidity of Stakeholders During Assistive Technology Research In the Wild. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 6147-6158). ACM. 

[P3] Profita, H. P., Stangl, A., Matuszewska, L., Sky, S., Kane, S. K. (2016). Nothing to Hide: Aesthetic Customization of Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants in an Online Community. In Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 219-227). ACM. 

[P2] Stangl, A., Hsu, C., Yeh, T. (2015). Transcribing across the senses: community efforts to create 3D printable accessible tactile pictures for young children with visual impairments. In Proceedings of 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers Accessibility (pp. 127-137). ACM. 

[P1] Grace, K., Maher, M. L., Preece, J., Yeh, T., Stangl, A., Boston, C. (2015). A process model for crowdsourcing design: A case study in citizen science. In Design Computing and Cognition’14 (pp. 245-262). Springer, Cham.

Journal Articles

[J2] Stangl, A., Shiroma, K., Davis, N., Fleischmann, K., Xie, B., Findlater, L., and Gurari, D. (2020). Privacy Concerns for Visual Assistance Technologies. ACM Trans. Access. Comput. Just Accepted (February 2022).

[J1] Profita, H.P., Stangl, A., Matuszewska, L., Sky, S., Kushalnagar, R. and Kane, S.K., 2018. “Wear It Loud” How and Why Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Users Customize Their Devices. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 11(3), pp.1-32. ACM. 

Refereed Posters/ Extended Abstracts/ Field Reports

[P13] Sadjo, E., Findlater, L., Stangl, A. (2021). Landscape Analysis of Commercial Visual Assistance Technologies. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.

[P12] Bennett, C. L., Stangl, A., Siu, A. F., Miele, J. A. (2019). Making Nonvisually: Lessons from the Field. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 279-285). 

[P11] Stangl, A., and Yeh, T. (2017). Making for Graphicacy and Media and Information Literacy with People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired. (2017). SIGUSE Symposium, Association for Information Science and Technology. Washington, DC, USA. 

[P10] Stangl, A., Johnson, J., Budiani, A., Yeh, T. 2016. Co-Design of Accessible 3D Printed Tactile Picture Books in Indonesia. Fabrication and Learning Europe. Preston, UK. ACM. 

[P9] Stangl, A., Penzkover, K., Gonzales-Aguilar, J., Gopar-Martinez, K., Reta, J., Vovan, V. (2016). Building A Tactile Picture Book: A Multimodal Design Task for High School Students. Fabrication and Learning. Stanford, CA, USA. ACM. 

[P8] Stangl, A., Jernigan, B., Yeh, T. 2015. Write, Design, and 3D Print Tactile Stories for Visually Impaired: Critical Making in a Middle School Classroom. FabLearn, 2015. Stanford, California. ACM. 

[P7] Stangl, A., Kim, J., Yeh, T. (2014). 3D Printed Tactile Picture Books for Children with Visual Impairments: A Design Probe. Interaction Design and Children. Aarhus, Denmark. ACM. 

[P6] Stangl, A., Kim, J., Yeh, T. (2014). Technology to Support Emergent Literacy Skills in Young Children with Visual Impairments, Human Factors in Computing Systems. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM. 

[P5] Kim, J., Stangl, A., Eisenberg, A., Yeh, T. (2014). Tactile Picture Books for Young Children with Visual Impairment. Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Munich, Germany. ACM. 

[P4] Kim, J., Stangl, A., Yeh, T. (2014). Using LEGO to Model 3D Tactile Picture Books by Sighted Children for Blind Children, Spatial User Interaction. Honolulu, HI. ACM. 

[P3] Preece, J., Grace, K., Boston, C., Maher, M. L., Yeh, T., Stangl, A. (2014). Crowdsourcing design and citizen science data using a tabletop in a nature preserve. ECSM 2014 University of Brighton Brighton, UK. ACM. 

[P2] Maher, M.L., Preece, J., Yeh, T., Boston, C., Grace, K., Pasupuleti, A., Stangl, A. (2014). NatureNet: a model for crowdsourcing the design of citizen science systems. Computer Supported Cooperative Work Social Computing. ACM. 

[P1] Stangl, A., Wepman, J., White, D. (2012). Moodcasting: home as shared emotional space. Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM. 

Workshop Position Papers

[W4] Stangl, A. and Gurari, D. (2020). Towards Technologies that Mitigate Private Visual Information Disclosure by People who are Blind or Have Low Vision. (2020). CHI2020 Workshop “Privacy and Power: Acknowledging the Importance of Privacy Research and Design for Vulnerable Populations”. 

[W3] Stangl, A. (2020). Reflective Practices as Part of Accessibility Research.(2020). Position paper for the CHI2020 Workshop “Nothing About Us Without Us: Investigating the Role of Critical Disability Studies in HCI”. 

[W2] Stangl, A. (2014). Letter of Interest. Position paper for the CHI2014 Workshop “Participatory design with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments.”

[W1] Kim, J., Stangl, A., Eisenberg, A., Yeh, T. (2014). Evaluating Tactile User Experiences with Tactile Picture Books for Children with Visual Impairment, “Touch Me” Workshop. Human Factors in Computing Systems. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM.

Invited Talks

[T15] Stangl, A. Non-visual Image and Video Accessibility and Privacy Preferences for Machine Learning. (April 2022). Mecari Research, Japan. (Virtual).

[T14] Stangl, A. Safeguarding Private Visual Information. (January 2021) University of Washington DUB Seminar. Seattle, Washington (Virtual). 

[T13] Stangl, A. Conveying Visual Learning Materials Non-Visually: Steps Towards Broadening Inclusion in STEM. (December 2019). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019. San Francisco, California. 

[T12] Stangl, A. (September 2020). Next-Generation Image Descriptions. AI for Accessibility Workshop, Microsoft. Richmond, Washington. 

[T11] Stangl, A., Cunningham, A. (October 2018). National Federation of the Blind Tactile Art and Tactile Graphics Symposia Report. Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers Symposium, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore Maryland. 

[T10] Stangl, A., Cunningham, A. Yeh, T. (October 2018). Dissertation Research Presentation: Inclusive Tactile Media Creation. Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers Symposium, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore Maryland. 

[T9] Welte, K., Rosenberg, N., BJ, Epstein. Cunningham, A., Stangl, A. (October 2018). Dissertation Research Presentation: Inclusive Tactile Media Creation. Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers Symposium, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore Maryland. 

[T8] Stangl, A. (October 2017). Inclusive Media Production. Department of Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, Lecture Series. Chicago, Illinois. 

[T7] Stangl, A. (July 2017). Critical Making Accessible Learning Media. 9th Annual STEM Symposium through the Center for STEM Learning, University of Colorado–Boulder. 

[T6] Stangl, A. Multimodal Design of Accessible Materials. (May 2017). National Federation of the Blind, Tactile Art and Graphics Symposium, Enchanted Hills, California. 

[T5] Stangl, A., Cunningham, A. (April 2017). The Tactile Picture Book Project- Opportunities for Design, Customization, and Access to Tactile Picture Books Through Digital Fabrication and Broad Scale Community Engagement. Tactile Reading Conference. Stockholm, Sweden. 

[T4] Stangl, A. Multimodal Design of Accessible Materials. (December 2016). National Federation of the Blind, Tactile Art and Graphics Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. 

[T3] Stangl, A. (July 2016). Inclusive Media Creation. 8th Annual STEM Symposium through the Center for STEM Learning, University of Colorado–Boulder. 

[T2] Stangl, A. (October 2015). Disruptive Technologies for Accessible Design. Conference on Library Services for the Blind in Multiethnic Regions. Bashkir Regional Library for the Blind, Ufa, Russia. 

[T1] Stangl, A. (October 2015). 3D Printing Accessible Learning Media. Department of Computer Science, University of Moscow.

Professional Service

Academic Conference Workshop Organizer

[O5] Gurari, D., Bigham, J., Morris, M., Cutrell, Ed., Stangl, A., Yinan Zhao. 2021 VizWiz Grand Challenge Workshop. (2021). Accepted to IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. 

[O4] Gurari, D., Bigham, J., Morris, M., Cutrell, Ed., Stangl, A., Yinan Zhao. 2020 VizWiz Grand Challenge Workshop. (2020). Accepted to IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. CVPR. 

[O3] Fleischmann, K. R., Greenberg, S. R., Gurari, D., Stangl, A., Verma, N., Day, J. R., Yeh, T. (2019). Good Systems: Ethical AI for CSCW. In Conference Companion Publication of the 2019 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 461-467). ACM.

[O2] Hamidi, F., M¨uller, C., Baljko, M., Schorch, M., Lewkowicz, M., Stangl, A. (2016). Engaging with Users and Stakeholders: The Emotional and the Personal. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Supporting Group Work (pp. 453-456). ACM. 

[O1] Stangl, A. (2016). The Tactile Picture Book Project: A Multidisciplinary Learning Activity for Secondary Students Educators. Fabrication and Learning Europe. Preston, UK. ACM.

Peer-Reviewer

  • ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 
  • ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children 
  • ACM Fabrication and Learning 
  • ACM Conference on Accessible Computing

Departmental Service

  • Diversity and Inclusion Committee, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information (2020)
  • Faculty Search Committee, University of Colorado-Boulder (2016-2017)

Broader Community Service

  • Tactile Graphics Consortium, Founding Member (2020-present).
  • National Federation of the Blind, Tactile Arts and Graphics Program Development (TAGS Symposium and YouthSlam Instructor), (2016-2019).
  • The Visionaria Network- Peru Program, Impact director for a leadership institute for young Peruvian women in the Andean mountains (2012-2016).
  • Next Generations Rotary Club, President and Co-president of humanitarian club promoting volunteerism and ethos of  “Service Above Self” for young professionals (2021-2016). 
  • AmeriCorps Designer, Louisianna (2007).
  • AmeriCorps Office of Surface Mining /Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA), Community Planner and Watershed Development Coordinator, University of Virginia’s College at Wise (2005-2006).

Teaching

University Course

  • Current Trends in Accessibility Research (Directed Research Group, Human Centered Design, and Engineering), University of Washington. Co-instruction: Emma McDonnell
  • Crafting Experiences (ATLAS 4519), University of Colorado-Boulder. Co-instruction with: Ariele Heine 

University Guest Lecturer

  • Introduction to Information Science (INFO7000), University of Colorado. Invited by: Dr. Leysia Palen 
  • Designing for Creativity and Learning (INFO. 5505), University of Colorado. Invited by: Dr. Ricarose Roque
  • Inclusive Design and Assistive Technology (CS7000), University of Colorado. Invited by: Dr. Shaun Kane
  • User-Centered Design and Development (CS5839), Invited by: Dr. Tom Yeh 
  • Children’s Literature (EDUC4161), University of Colorado. Invited by: Dr. Bridget Dalton 
  • Inclusive Making (LS451), Northwestern University. Invited by: Dr. Marcelo Worsley
  • Introduction to Accessibility (SI 552), University of Michigan. Invited by: Dr. Robin Brewer

Other

  • Build a Better Book, Library Workshops 2016-2018 
  • Seeing through Touch Design Experience, Museum of Boulder 2017-2018 
  • Wonders of Wetlands, National Federation of the Blind, Youth Slam July 2017 
  • Wonders of Wetlands, Boulder Public Library Building 61 July 2017
  • Multimodal Composition, Colorado Center for the Blind: Art Classroom 2016 
  • Build a Better Book, Design and Technology Course, York International 2016 
  • NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Research, Research and Mentoring Program 2016

Mentoring

  • Emma Sadjo. (Undergraduate) Topic: Visual Assistance Technologies, Privacy October 2019-Present
  • Kristina Shiroma. PhD Student. Topic: Visual Privacy October 2019-present.
  • Jaxsen Day. PhD Student. Topic: Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments September 2019 – present.

Honors

  • Boulder Rotary Humanitarian Award 2015 An acknowledgment for co-founding the Visionaria Peru Project and advisor role in the Visionaria Network 
  • Special Honors, University of Colorado Boulder 2008 Undergraduate Graduation Speaker, 3.7/4.0

Media Coverage

  • CU Boulder News: CU Boulder alum leading effort to improve web image descriptions for the blind
  • Microsoft Research Blog: Alt text that informs: Meeting the needs of people who are blind or low vision Colorado Arts and Science Magazine: The Visionaries See Brighter Days in Peru 
  • Make Magazine: Customize and Print 3D Picture Books for Visually Impaired Kids 
  • Fabbaloo: The Tactile Picture Books Project Helps Visually Impaired Children 
  • 3DPrint.com: 3D Printed Tactile Books Allow Visually Impaired Children to Experience Stories Masters of Media (Netherland): 3D printing: a tool in revolutionizing the books for visually impaired children Bookaholic (Romania): Tactile Picture Books DNA India (India): Picture books for the visually-impaired get a 3D boost 
  • Children’s Book Council: Tactile Picture Books Project’ Goes Beyond Braille 
  • Electric Literature: 3-D Printed Storybooks for the Visually Impaired 
  • Adweek: 3D Printed Storybooks for Visually Impaired Children 
  • New Scientist: 3D-printed books make pictures real for blind children 
  • A book and a good lie down (Australia): A Few Stories for Children’s Books Week NPR: National Public Radio: Beyond Braille: 3-D Printed Books for The Blind 
  • Women Makes Waves (UK): Bringing Books Alive for Visually-Impaired Children 
  • 3D Hubs, Maker Talk: Creating tactile storybooks for children with visual impairment 
  • DailyMail (UK): Now you can FEEL the Cat in the Hat: Researchers use 3D printing to help blind children enjoy classic bedtime stories 
  • NewsWeek: 3-D Printing Enables Visually Impaired Children to Experience the World of Literary Classics NanoWerk: 3D-printed picture books for visually impaired children 
  • 3diot: Blind Children Benefit from 3-D Printed Books 
  • 3D Imprimalia (Spain): Libros t´actiles impresos en 3D para ni˜nos ciegos
  • Mashable: Imagining a New Way to Read, One 3D-Printed Book at a Time 
  • DailyCamera: CU-Boulder Researchers Create Children’s books with 3-D printing 
  • Pink Giraffe (Russia): Printed on a three dimensional printer. 
  • 3ders: 3D Printed Tactile Picture Books for Visually Impaired Kids 
  • ScienceDaily: Picture books for visually impaired kids go 3-D 
  • 3DPrint.com: 3D Printed Tactile Books For Blind Children 
  • 9 News: CU Creates 3D Book Program for Blind Children 
  • Magazine of Artikel A-Welle (Switzerland):, Is There a Really User-Friendly Ticket Machine? Gibt es den benutzerfreudlichen Billettautomaten wirklich?
  • ColoradoDaily: CU-Boulder students team with Swiss university on transportation project