
Teaching
I teach curricula on accessibility design in industry and academia, informed by my work at the NYU Ability Project and IAAP certification. I’ve taught at places such as New York University, Hunter College, and the Maryland School for the Blind.

Graduate Courses
Multisensory Design
10.20.2022 – Present
Expanded to 14 weeks, coming Fall 2023
NYU ITP

Developed and taught a brand new curriculum where we took a multisensory approach to design, making interfaces more accessible to disabled users. Students learned how to design for the senses (think tactile controls combined with atmospheric sounds and olfactory or taste experiences), while they gained an understanding of the assumptions we make about our users’ sensory preferences.
→ Go to Multisensory Design Class Website
Museum Accessibility
1.30.2020 – 5.7.2020
New York University
TA’ed a course with Dr. Amy Hurst and Dr. Anita Perr, led reading discussion sessions, assisted with homework assignments and grading, and mentored final project for team that addressed accessibility of artifacts behind glass.
Speaking
2023
No Such Thing Podcast with Marc Lesser
A New Toolkit For Multisensory Museum Learning
Podcast Guest
A11yBay Meetup: Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design
Creating Tactile Graphics with Technology
Presenter
HASTAC: Critical Making & Social Justice
The Nonvisual Arts: A Workshop Exploring Tactile Design for Accessibility
Conference Presenter & Facilitator
axe-con
Maker/Space: a DIY, Accessible Workflow for Tactile Graphics Used in Zero-Gravity Flight
Conference Presenter
Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library
Tactile Art Teach-in
Lecturer & Facilitator
Design Week 2023: Future of Connections
Problems and Possibilities Panel
Panelist
New York University (ITP)
Accessible STEM Tools
Guest Lecturer
2022
Council for Museum Anthropology Virtual Symposium
Designing, Producing, and Preserving Accessible Touch Objects for Museums
Conference Presenter
Eyebeam: Digital Day Camp
Accessible Smart Cities and the Digital Twin
Guest Lecturer
Hunter College
Accessible Education Tools
Guest Lecturer
2021
2020
Museum Computer Network (MCN)
Touch and Multi-sensory Experiences: Developing Safe and Inclusive Practices During Covid-19
Conference Presenter
Carnegie Mellon HCI Institute
HCII Access Seminar: Soldering
Panelist
Sketching in Hardware
Nonvisual Making
Conference Presenter
CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Dimensions: Building & Growing an Open Tactile Graphics Lab [Cancelled due to Covid]
Conference Co-presenter
Workshops
Nonvisual Drawing
5.17.2022 – Present
Andrew Heiskell Braille
& Talking Book Library
Twitter NYC

In this hands-on nonvisual drawing workshop, we arranged still life scenes and figures using 3D touch objects and wooden mannequins. We explored tactile drawing techniques, such as continuous line and negative space, using Sensational Blackboards, ball point pens, and computer paper.

Nonvisual Soldering
2.28.2020 – 3.1.2020
NYU ITP

Seeking to learn how we can design curricula to increase access to learning soldering non-visually, we designed and evaluated a nonvisual soldering curriculum with a three-day workshop led by the founder of the Blind Arduino Project, Dr. Joshua Miele.
Nonvisual Arduino
12.19.2019
Andrew Heiskell Braille
& Talking Book Library

We taught a nonvisual Arduino workshop which revealed the complexities of designing textual descriptions and tactile graphics for Blind Arduino workflows. The findings led to design recommendations for future accessible electronics learning materials.
Intro to Tactile Design
08.22.2019 – 8.16.2020
A11y NYC
frog
Hunter College
Andrew Heiskell Braille
& Talking Book Library
Maryland School for the Blind
NYC Media Lab Summit 2019
NYU DesignLab
NYU IDM
NYU ITP

Promoted inclusive design and accessibility awareness by framing tactile design as a useful collaborative tool and use case, provided hands-on experience by inviting attendees to design and produce their own tactile designs using microcapsule paper and a fuser.



No longer having access to NYU’s microcapsule fuser during Covid lockdown, I covered alternative tactile graphic design techniques using found materials to create Do It Yourself tactiles at home. We pressed pencils into paper on top of cutting boards to create reverse tactile graphics and scissors, glue, found objects, and hot glue to create raised collages.