Accessible Data Analysis
We partner with blind collaborators and study participants to co-design novel interfaces for non-visual data exploration.
The Data & Design Group is an interdisciplinary research group that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.
We envision a world where everyone has the power to shape the design of systems that affect their social and political lives.
We are known for our work on accessibility in interactive data analysis and consent and refusal in data ethics.
Our group is part of the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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November 16, 2025Jonathan is in Boston for Information Plus to present reflections on Decentering Vision in Accessible Visualization.
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November 3, 2025Jonathan was in Vienna for VIS to share work on citational justice at the Accessible Data workshop.
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October 27, 2025Jonathan was at ASSETS where MIT collaborators presented Benthic.
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October 22, 2025We were so thrilled to host Dr. Cynthia Bennett for an Information Science seminar talk!
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October 21, 2025Jonathan has been appointed as courtesy faculty in Computer Science at CU Boulder.
Research themes
Interactive Visualization Tools
We design abstractions and interfaces that help users rapidly conduct data exploration using a broad set of spatial and temporal visualization techniques.
Selected projects
Data Refusal as Design
We develop software and frameworks to support designers and activists in refusing large-scale data collection by powerful actors.
Selected projects
Embodiment and Visibility
We explore how the body works as a contested site of control, where people act on and are acted upon by data.