Chris M. Law
PhD student,
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Current residence: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Current research (2006 to Present)
The practice of universal design in business
What sort of processes do designers and people in accessibility program offices of large organizations producing goods and services go through when they encounter accessibility issues? How do the actions of people from various departments in an organization, and people external to the organization, affect the outcomes of the design departments, positively or negatively? What can we learn from the fields of organizational behavior, public policy, psychology, sociology, management and business? How do we apply this knowledge?
On this topic, my PhD thesis work on Responding to accessibility issues in business is in its final stages at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Future work in this planned in this area, currently under the banner of Universal Design Projects.
Past 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), [in progress] 2006-;
MS Industrial Engineering Human Factors, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 1995-1996;
BSc. Ergonomics, Loughborough University of Technology (England), 1990-1994.
Work
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.
Fun
Columbia Ski Club, Columbia, MD.
