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 working toward a world where everyone has power to shape the socio-technical systems that affect their lives.
We believe critique should take material form—that identifying problems isn’t enough without articulating positive visions for the future.
Our work produces tools, systems, and frameworks that embody ideas about how technology could work differently.
We are part of the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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December 5, 2025Matt presented Sound Mapping Boulder Creek through the Sensing Body at CU Boulder's Showcase of Open, Digital, and Public Scholarship.
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November 16, 2025Jonathan was 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!
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.