I'm standing in front of a screen, laughing. The screen says Looking to the future of accessible data interfaces.

Talks, Workshops, and Guest Lectures

I am passionate about accessibility and data visualization, which is my most-common talk subject. (I love talking and teaching about other things too, of course.)

Below is one of my favorite shorter (~25min) talks on softerware (accessibility, visualization, and personalization) which I gave at Outlier in Miami in 2025.


Data Visualization and Accessibility

YOW! Sydney Slides
YOW! Brisbane Slides Website
YOW! Melbourne Slides Website
Brown University Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
(State of the Art talk) IEEE VIS Workshop on Accessible Data Visualization Slides
PyCon, Pittsburgh, PA Recording Website
Global Accessibility Awareness Day, by Highsoft Recording
University of Virginia
University of Michigan Slides
CSUN, Anaheim, CA Slides
SIGCSE, Workshop on Accessibility, Pittsburgh, PA Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
IEEE VIS Workshop on Accessible Data Visualization Recording
(State of the Art talk) IEEE VIS Workshop on Accessible Data Visualization Slides Recording
Data Visualization Society, Reader's Club Website
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
Highsoft HQ, Vik i Sogn, Norway Slides
AccessU Slides
T-Mobile Accessibility Summit Slides
Carnegie Mellon University
Accessibility Tableau User Group Slides
Graphic Hunters Slides
Northwestern University Slides
NACIS Slides Recording Website
AccessFest Slides Website
Visualizing Knowledge, Aalto University Slides Website
Maryland Institute College of Art Slides
DataViz DC Meetup Website
IRE-NICAR Slides
Northwestern University Slides
Observable HQ
IEEE Vis, VisInPractice Slides
University of Cincinnati Slides
University of Washington Slides
Linkedin Learning Recording Website
PolicyViz Recording Website
Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website
Data Viz Today Website
Accessibility Camp Bay Area Website
Tableau World Website
NoVA UX Meetup Website
IRE-NICAR Slides Recording
CIDE, Mexico City
Maryland Institute College of Art Slides
Knowbility Website

Data, Accessibility, and Tool-making

(Closing Keynote) DDD Brisbane Slides Website
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
SUNY Buffalo Slides
HCIL, UMD Slides Website
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Data, Disability, and Generative AI

IEEE VIS Workshop on Accessible Data Visualization Slides

Data Visualization

(on Interactivity) Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website
(on Perception) Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website
(on Animation) Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website
(on Ethics) Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website
(Introductory) Northwestern University Website
(on Scientific Visualization) Northwestern University Website
(Introductory) Northwestern University Website
(on Scientific Visualization) Northwestern University Website

Softerware: Accessibility and Malleable Interfaces

Outlier, Miami, FL Slides Recording Website
CSUN, Anaheim, CA Slides

Software Structures of Assistive Technologies

Carnegie Mellon University Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Slides

Knowledge, Prediction, and Hope

What is the Future for Cities Podcast Recording Website

Workshop on Web Frameworks

Carnegie Mellon University Slides Website

Accessibility and Play

ASSETS, St. John's, Canada Slides Website

Disability and Data Equity

We All Count, Talking Data Equity Slides Recording Website
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Common Fund Website

Human-centered Machine Learning

Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Website

Advanced Data Visualization with D3

Northwestern University Website
Northwestern University Website
Northwestern University Website
Northwestern University Website
Northwestern University Website
Northwestern University Website

Data Navigator

IEEE VIS, Melbourne, Australia Slides
Apple Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Slides

Philosophy of Design

Visualizing Knowledge, Aalto University Slides Website

Accessible Research

arXiv Accessibility Forum Website
University of Washington Slides

Chartability

Carnegie Mellon University Slides
Carnegie Mellon University Slides
EuroVis, Rome, Italy Slides Recording

Inclusive Data Experiences

Columbia University, Barnard College Slides Recording Website
Jupyter Project Slides Recording Website
DSxD Website

Fireside Chat: Charts in Context

Data Visualization Society Recording Website

Fireside Chat: Accessibility in Data Visualization

Data Visualization Society Recording Website

Data Science Best Practices: Accessibility

UC Berkeley BIDS Website

Are Your Data Visualizations Excluding People?

Outlier Slides Recording

Advanced Data Visualization and Accessibility on the Web

AccessU Slides Website

Visualizations for Multi-Dimensional Data

Focus Summer School, Northwestern University Website
Focus Summer School, Northwestern University Website

High-Density Model Visualization

Data Viz Today Website

Introduction to JavaScript

Northwestern University Website

Introduction to Web Technology

Northwestern University Website