Research Team

Principal Investigators

    1. Iris Xie, PI, Professor, UWM-SOIS, hiris@uwm.edu
    2. Wonchan Choi, Co-PI, Associate Professor, UWM-SOIS, wchoi@uwm.edu

Research Assistants

    1. Shengang Wang, PhD student, UWM-SOIS
    2. Hyun Seung Lee, PhD student, UWM-SOIS
    3. Bo Hyun Hong, PhD student, UWM-SOIS
    4. Ning Chiao Wang, PhD student, UWM-SOIS
    5. Emmanuel Kwame Cudjoe, PhD student, UWM-SOIS
    6. Ebenezer Acheampong, PhD student, UWM-SOIS

Consultants

    1. Rakesh Babu, PhD, Lead Accessibility Scientist, Envision, Rakesh.babu@envisionus.com
    2. Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator, Webmaster, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Chair, W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, Web Accessibility Initiative, jimallan@tsbvi.edu
    3. Krystyna Matusiak, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Denver; Digital librarian for 10 years; Chair, ASIST Special Interest Group for Visualization, Images, and Sound; ASIST Standards Committee member; Chair, IFLA Library Theory and Research committee, krystyna.matusiak@du.edu

Advisory Board Members

    1. Mary Alexander, Senior Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Programs and the College Success Program, Envision, Inc., alexander@envisionus.com
    2. Michael Della Bitta, Director of Technology, Digital Public Library of America, michael@dp.la
    3. Lou Ann Blake, Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives, National Federation of the Blind, lblake@nfb.org
    4. Michelle Brennan, Product Manager, OER Commons, michelle@iskme.org
    5. Jennifer Ferretti, DLF Senior Program Officer, jferretti@clir.org
    6. Mike Furlough, Executive Director, HathiTrust, furlough@hathitrust.org
    7. Beret Balestrieri Kohn, Manager of Digital Assets, Milwaukee Art Museum, balestrierikohn@mam.org
    8. Shane Huddleston, Product Manager, OCLC, huddless@oclc.org
    9. Jonathan Lazar, Professor, Director of the Trace Center, the University of Maryland, jlazar@uwm.edu
    10. Shaneé Yvette Murrain, Director of Community Engagement, Digital Public Library of America, shanee@dp.la
    11. Serena Rosenhan, Vice President, User Experience Design, ProQuest, Rosehan@proquest.com
    12. Bengisu Tulu, Professor of Information Systems at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, bengisu@wpi.edu
    13. Marcia Zeng, Professor, Kent State University, mzeng@kent.edu
    14. Ann Hanlon, Head, Digital Collections and Initiatives and DH Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, hanlon@uwm.edu

Partner Organizations

    1. American Council of the Blind
      Eric Bridges, Executive Director, ebridges@acb.org
    2. American Foundation for the Blind
      Kirk Adams, President, kadams@afb.net
    3. Digital Library Federation
      Jennifer Ferretti, DLF Senior Program Officer, jferretti@clir.org
    4. Digital Public Library of America
      John Bracken, Executive Director, bracken@dp.la
    5. HathiTrust
      Michael Furlough, Executive Director, furlough@umich.edu
      Ange Zaytsev, User Services Librarian, azaytsev@umich.edu
    6. Milwaukee Public Library
      Joan Johnson, Director, JRJohns@milwaukee.gov
      Marian Royal, Public Services Area Manager, MaRoyal@milwaukee.gov
    7. Milwaukee Public Museum
      Dawn Koceja, Accessibility Coordinator, koceja@mpm.edu
    8. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries
      Michael Doylen, Associate Vice Provost & Director of the Libraries, doylenm@uwm.edu
      Ann Hanlon, Head of Digital Collections and Initiatives, hanlon@uwm.edu
    9. Vision Forward Association
      Terri Davis, Associate Director, tdavis@vision-forward.org
    10. Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS)- Recollection Wisconsin program
      Emily Pfotenhauer, Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager, emily@wils.org