Publications

Peer Reviewed Full Papers

2022

• How Accessible is My Visualization? Evaluating Visualization Accessibility with Chartability. 2022. Frank Elavsky, Cynthia L. Bennett, and Dominik Moritz. In proceedings of the Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 2022 Volume 41 (2022), Number 3 R. Borgo, G. E. Marai, and T.Schreck (Guest Editors)
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• Honorable Mention: Anticipate and Adjust: Cultivating Access in Human-Centered Methods. 2022. By Kelly Mack, Emma J. McDonnell, Venkatesh Potluri, Maggie Xu, Jailyn Zabala, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Jennifer Mankoff, and Cynthia L. Bennett. 2022.I n Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501882
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2021

• Best Student Paper Award: Aided Nonverbal Communication through Physical Expressive Objects. 2021. By Stephanie Valencia, Mark Steidl, Michael L. Rivera, Cynthia L. Bennett, Jeffrey P. Bigham, and Henny Admoni. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS’21), October 18–22, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3471228
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• Honorable Mention: “It’s Complicated”: Negotiating Accessibility and (Mis)Representation in Image Descriptions of Race, Gender, and Disability. 2021. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Cole Gleason, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Anhong Guo, and Alexandra To. CHI ’21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. May 2021 Article No.: 375. Pages 1-19. DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3411764.3445498
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• Honorable Mention: Accessibility and the Crowded Sidewalk: Micromobility’s Impact on Public Space. 2021. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Emily E. Ackerman, Bonnie Fan, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Patrick A. Carrington, and Sarah E. Fox. In the Proceedings of DIS’21: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, June 28-July 2, 2021. ACM, New York, NY, USA. 16 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462065
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• From Tactile to NavTile: Opportunities and Challenges with Multi-Modal Feedback for Guiding Surfaces during Non-Visual Navigation. 2021. By Saiganesh Swaminathan, Yellina Yim, Scott E Hudson, Cynthia L. Bennett, and Patrick Carrington. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’21), May 8–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 22 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445716
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2020

• Disability and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Twitter to Understand Accessibility during Rapid Societal Transition. By Cole Gleason, Stephanie Valencia, Lynn Kirabo, Jason Wu, Anhong Guo, Elizabeth Jeanne Carter, Jeffrey Bigham, Cynthia L. Bennett, and Amy Pavel. In The 22^nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 5, 1–14. DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3373625.3417023
• Best Student Paper Award: Living Disability Theory: Reflections on Access, Research, and Design. 2020. By Megan Hofmann, Devva Kasnitz, Jennifer Mankoff, and Cynthia L. Bennett. In The 22^nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’20).ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 4, 1–13. DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3373625.3416996
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• The Care Work of Access. 2020. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Daniela K. Rosner, and Alex S. Taylor. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–15. DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3313831.3376568 

2019

• Biographical Prototypes: Reimagining Recognition and Disability in Design. 2019. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Burren Peil and Daniela K. Rosner. In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Conference on the Design of Interactive Systems (DIS ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 35–47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322376 
• Diversity and Design? Speculations on What Could Go Wrong. 2019. By Lucas Colusso, Cynthia L. Bennett, Pari Gabriel and Daniela K. Rosner. In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Conference on the Design of Interactive Systems (DIS ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1405–1413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3323690
• The Promise of Empathy: Disability, Design, and Knowing the ‘Other.’ 2019. By Cynthia L. Bennett and Daniela K. Rosner. In Proceedings of the 37^th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 298, 13 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300528 
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• Educational Experiences of Blind Programmers. 2019. By Catherine M. Baker, Cynthia L. Bennett and Richard E. Ladner. In Proceedings of the 50^th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 759–765. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287410

2018

• Best Student Paper Award: Interdependence as a Frame for Assistive Technology Research and Design. 2018. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Erin L. Brady and Stacy M. Branham. In Proceedings of the 20^th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 161–173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3234695.3236348
• How Teens with Visual Impairments Take, Edit, and Share Photos on Social Media. 2018. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Jane L. E, Martez E. Mott, Edward Cutrell and Meredith Ringel Morris. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 76, 12 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173650
• A Large Inclusive Study of Human Listening Rates. 2018. by Danielle Bragg, Cynthia L. Bennett, Katharina Rheinecke and Richard E. Ladner. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 444, 12 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174018
• Rich Representations of Visual Content for Screen Reader Users. 2018. By Meredith Ringel Morris, Jazette Johnson, Cynthia L. Bennett and Edward Cutrell. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 59, 11 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173633
• Understanding the Accessibility of Smartphone Photography for People with Motor Impairments. 2018. By Martez E. Mott, Jane L. E, Cynthia L. Bennett, Edward Cutrell and Meredith Ringel Morris. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 520, 12 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174094
• “I can do everything but see!” – How People with Vision Impairments Negotiate their Abilities in Social Contexts. 2018. By  Anja Thieme, Cynthia L. Bennett, Cecily Morrison, Edward Cutrell and Alex S. Taylor. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 203, 14 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173777
• Enabling People with Visual Impairments to Navigate Virtual Reality with a Haptic and Auditory Cane Simulation. 2018. By Yuhang Zhao, Cynthia L. Bennett, Hrvoje Benko, Edward Cutrell, Christian Holz, Meredith Ringel Morris and Mike Sinclair. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 116, 14 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173690
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2017

• Filtered Out: Disability Disclosure Practices in Online Dating Communities. 2017. John R. Porter, Kiley Sobel, Sarah E. Fox, Cynthia L. Bennett and Julie A. Kientz. In Proceedings of the ACM Human -Computer Interaction 1, CSCW, Article 87 (December 2017), 13 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3134722
• Translational Resources: Reducing the Gap between Academic Research and HCI Practice. 2017. Lucas F. Colusso, Cynthia L. Bennett, Sean A. Munson and Gary Hsieh. In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Conference on the Design of Interactive Systems (DIS ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 957–968. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064667
• Understanding Blind People’s Experiences with Computer-Generated Captions on Social Media Images. 2017. By Haley MacLeod, Cynthia L. Bennett, Meredith Ringel Morris and Edward Cutrell. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5988–5999. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025814

2016

• How Designing for People with and without Disabilities Shapes Student Design Thinking. 2016. By Kristen Shinohara, Cynthia L. Bennett and Jacob O. Wobbrock. In Proceedings of the 18^th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 229–237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2982142.2982158
• An Intimate Laboratory? Prostheses as a Tool for Experimenting with Identity and Normalcy. 2016. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Keting Cen, Katherine M. Steele and Daniela K. Rosner. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1745–1756. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858564

2014

• Best Student Paper Award: Tactile Graphics with a Voice: Using QR Codes to Access Text in Graphics. By Catherine M. Baker, Lauren R. Milne, Jeffrey Scofield, Cynthia L. Bennett and Richard E. Ladner. In Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 75–82. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661366
• Where’s My Bus Stop? Supporting Independence of Blind Transit Riders with StopInfo. 2014. By Megan Campbell, Cynthia L. Bennett, Caitlin Bonnar and Alan Borning. In Proceedings of the 16^th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, (ASSETS ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11–18. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661378
• BraillePlay: Educational Smartphone Games for Blind Children. 2014. By Lauren R. Milne, Cynthia L. Bennett, Shiri Azenkot and Richard E. Ladner.  In Proceedings of the 16^th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, (ASSETS ’14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 137–144. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661377

2013

• DigiTaps: Eyes-Free Number Entry with Minimal Audio Feedback on Touchscreens. 2013. By Shiri Azenkot, Cynthia L. Bennett and Richard E. Ladner. In Proceedings of the Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, (UIST ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 85–90. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2501988.250205
• Best Student Paper Award: Improving Public Transit for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View. 2013. By Kotaro Hara, Shiri Azenkot, Megan Campbell, Cynthia L. Bennett, Vicki Le, Sean Pannella, Robert Moore, Kelly Minckler, Rochelle H. Ng and John E. Froehlich. In Proceedings of the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, (ASSETS ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 16, 8 pages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2513383.2513448
• Eyes-Free Yoga: An Exergame using Depth Cameras for Blind and Low Vision Exercise. 2013. By Kyle Rector, Cynthia L. Bennett and Julie A. Kientz. In Proceedings of the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, (ASSETS ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 12, 8 pages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2513383.2513392

Technical Report

• Disability, bias, and AI. 2019. by Meredith Whittaker, Meryl Alper, Cynthia L. Bennett, Sara Hendren, Liz Kaziunas, Mara Mills, Meredith Ringel Morris, Joy Rankin, Emily Rogers, Marcel Salas and Sarah Myers West. AI Now Institute.

Lightly Reviewed Short Papers and Posters

• Toward Supporting Quality Alt Text in Computing Publications. 2022. By Candace Williams, Ed Harris, Lilian de Greef, Leah Findlater, Amy Pavel and Cynthia L. Bennett. In Proceedings of the 19th International Web for All Conference (W4A ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, https://doi.org/10.1145/3493612.3520449
• Interdependent Variables: Remotely Designing Tactile Graphics for an Accessible Workflow. 2021. By Lilian de Greef, Dominik Moritz and Cynthia L. Bennett. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3476468
• “I am just terrified of my future” — Epistemic Violence in Disability Related Technology Research. 2020. By Anon Ymous, Katta Spiel, Os Keyes, Rua M. Williams, Judith Good, Eva Hornecker and Cynthia L. Bennett. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’20). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3381828
• Making Nonvisually: Lessons from the Field. 2018. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Abigale Stangl, Alexa F. Siu and Joshua A. Miele. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 279–285. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3308561.3355619
• Toward Classroom Experiences Inclusive of Students with Disabilities. 2018. By Oussama Metatla, Anja Thieme, Emeline Brulé, Cynthia L. Bennett, Marcos Serrano and Christophe Jouffrais. Interactions 6, 1 (December 2018), 40–45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3289485
• Disability-disclosure preferences and practices in online dating communities. 2017. By Cynthia L. Bennett. XRDS 24, 2 (December 2017), 30–33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3155120
• Teaching Accessibility in a Technology Design Course. 2017. By Kristen Shinohara, Cynthia L. Bennett, Jacob O. Wobbrock and Wanda Pratt. In Proceedings of the 12^th International Society of the Learning Sciences Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Learning (CSCL ‘17). 239–246. https://cscl17.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/finalvol1cscl2017.pdf
• Using a Design Workshop to Explore Accessible Ideation. By Cynthia L. Bennett, Kristen Shinohara, Brianna Blaser, Andrew Davidson and Katherine M. Steele. In Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 303–304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2982142.2982209
• The Accessibility of Mobile Health Sensors for Blind Users. 2014. By Lauren R. Milne, Cynthia L. Bennett and Richard E. Ladner. 2014.  The Journal of Technology and Persons with Disabilities collection of articles for Center on Disabilities. 2, 16, (2014), 10 pages. http://scholarworks.csun.edu/handle/10211.3/133384
• VBGhost: A Braille-Based Educational Smartphone Game for Children. 2013. By Lauren R. Milne, Cynthia L. Bennett and Richard E. Ladner. In Proceedings of the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, (ASSETS ’13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 75, 2 pages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2513383.2513396

Book Chapter

• Perspectives of Women with Disabilities in Computing. 2019. By Brianna Blaser, Cynthia L. Bennett, Richard E. Ladner, Sheryl E. Burgstahler and Jennifer Mankoff. In Global Women in Computing, Cambridge University Press.

Position Papers

• What is the Point of Fairness? Disability, AI, and the Complexity of Justice. 2020 by Os Keyes and Cynthia L. Bennett. Interactions 27, 3 (May–June 2020), 35–39. DOI: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3386383
• Exploring Care and Assistance in HCI with Disability and Feminist Studies. 2017. By Cynthia L. Bennett. For the workshop: “Imagining Intersectional Futures – Feminist Approaches in CSCW,” CSCW 2017, Portland, OR.
• Accessible Design Beyond Assistive Technology. 2016. By Cynthia L. Bennett. For the workshop: “Exploring Social Justice, Design, and HCI,” CHI 2016, San Jose, CA.