Chris M. Law
443-955-0955; chrismlaw at yahoo.com
Columbia, Maryland, USA
Expertise and current interests
- Business, organizational culture and accessibility
- Section 508 implementation
- Analytic/Diagnostic methods for success
- Universal design in practice
- Electronic document accessibility (Word, PDF, Excel etc.)
- Usability and accessibility
Doctoral research: Responding to accessibility issues in business (2006 to 2010)
Q: What organizational factors are involved in successfully addressing the needs of customers with disabilities in the design, development and delivery of products and services?
A: PhD thesis summary page (includes a link to the full thesis in PDF format and other publications).
Prior research topics and selected publications (1995 to 2006)
For a more detailed list of papers relating to topics, please email me at the address below.
Universal design resource analysis
Law, C.M., Yi, J.S., Choi, Y.S. & Jacko, J.A. (2008) A systematic examination of universal design resources: Part 1, heuristic evaluation. Universal Access in the Information Society, 7(1-2) pp 31-54.
Law, C.M., Yi, J.S., Choi, Y.S. & Jacko, J.A. (2008) A systematic examination of universal design resources: Part 2, analysis of the development process. Universal Access in the Information Society, 7(1-2) pp 55-77.
Law, C.M., Yi, J.S., Choi, Y.S. & Jacko, J.. (2005) Unresolved problems in accessibility and universal design guidelines. Ergonomics in Design, 15(3) pp 7-11.
Programmer-centric methods of evaluating the accessibility of websites
Law, C.M., Jacko, J.A. & Edwards, P. (2005) Programmer-focused website accessibility evaluations. ASSETS '05 (The 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility), Baltimore, MD, October 9-12, 2005.
Methods of user testing of people with disabilities
Henry, S.L. & Law, C.M. (2002) Understanding and Evaluating Accessibility: Improving Usability for More People in More Situations. UPA (Usability Professionals’ Association) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, July 8-12, 2002.
Access to electronic products for people with disabilities
Vanderheiden, G.C., Law, C.M., & Kelso, D. (1999) EZ Access Interface Techniques for Anytime Anywhere Anyone Interfaces. CHI'99 (Computer-Human Interaction), Pittsburgh, PA, May 17 - 20, 1999.
Standards and guidelines for disability access to information technology in the public environment
Law, C.M. & Vanderheiden, G.C. (1998) Accessibility of Information / Transaction Machines (ITMs): results of a research project by the Trace R&D center for the US Access Board. TIDE Congress (Technology for Inclusive Design & Equality), Helsinki, Finland, June 23-25, 1998.
School
PhD, Business RMIT University, Melbourne (Australia), 2006-2010;
MS Industrial Engineering Human Factors, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 1995-1996;
BSc. Ergonomics, Loughborough University of Technology (England), 1990-1994.
Work
Accessibility Consultant, Social Security Administration, (Woodlawn, MD), 2010-Present;
Research Faculty, Information Systems Department, UMBC (Baltimore, MD), 2004-2006;
Accessibility Consultant, Maskery & Associates (Ottawa, Canada), 2002-2004;
Researcher, Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 1997-2002;
Ergonomics Consultant, Robert Feeney & Associates, (Loughborough, UK), 1994-1995.
Social
Columbia Ski Club, Columbia, MD.
