Fall 2023

Syllabus

Graduate Students

This is Ayushi. She is wearing a floral dress and has leaves and rocks in the background. Ayushi Shah (She/Her)

  • Ayushi’s blog
  • Major: Integrated Design & Media
  • Interests: Yoga, Movies & TV shows, cooking 
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: Met with the team at Luv Michael Granola, and began working on designing a product to help the employees better tie gift bags. I aim to continue this project next semester. I also learned how to 3D print and Laser cut!
A picture of Muqing Wang holding film camera on her hand. Muqing is an asian female with black hair. She wears black coat and bag in this picture. Muqing Wang (She/Her/Hers)

  • Muqing’s Blog
  • Major: ITP (Interactive Telecommunication Program)
  • Academic Interests: UIUX, product design, digital accessibility, healthcare innovation, design for disability, multi-sensory design~
  • Personal Interests: film photography!!! music, live house and films
Cathy Li's photo, Asian female with golden glasses and black long hair Cathy Li ( She/ her/ hers)

  • Cathy’s weekly blog
  • Major: ITP class of 2025
  • Interests:
    • Academic Interests: User Experience Design, User Experience Research, Web/ Digital Accessibility, Visual Design, AR/VR, Creative programming.
    • Personal Interests: Board Games, Biking, exploring in the city, visiting museums and galleries.

Undergraduate Students

Eric Xu portrait, sitting in a corner, smiling in front of a window, wearing a brown coat and a black scarf. Eric Xu (He/Him)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Interests: Software Development, Data Science, Web Development
Yiqiao Zhou (He/Him)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Interests: reading, music, latest technology, video games
Tan Asian girl with brown hair head rested on right elbow, wearing purple pants and looking at the camera Angelique Regondola (they/them)

  • My Blog
  • Major: IDM
  • Interests: music, guitar, reading, reviewing chai lattes
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: This semester I focused a lot on organization in IDM spaces and am going to continue to focus on organization in smaller spaces or even the Ability Project for next semester.
Female with dark brown curly hair and wearing a floral top with a blue jacket. Brick building background with nature.  

Monika Kapoor (She/Her)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Interests: Reading, Playing the flute, Going on nature walks
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: This semester I worked on learning how to transcribe music into braille for the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School (FMDG). I learned how to use music softwares such as Sibelius, MuseScore, and Sao Mai Braille as well as how to read braille for music. Additionally, I was able to write my own music score and translate the notes into braille using Sao Mai.  
Photo of Matt Toups, a mixed white passing person with a black hair mullet, a pierced septum, and ears. They are wearing a blue shirt and sitting in a tatami room. Matthew Toups (they/them)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Integrated Design & Media
  • Interests: Film, Printmaking, Hiking, and Camping
Portrait of a woman with brown hair smiling from shoulders up, wearing a black top. Sophie Ana Paris (She/Her) 

  • My Blog
  • Individualized Major in Gallatin
  • Assistive Technology and Accessible Design 
Rebecca Huang (She/her)

  • <My Blog>
  • Major: IDM
  • Interests: UX design/HCI/Tennis
Jamiez_Vo_photo Jamiez Vo (she/her)

  • My blog
  • Major: Design and Education (Gallatin Individualized Major)
  • Interests: crafting, cycling, poetry
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: assist the preparation for Lawrance chair prototype, learn basic manufacturing process, user research for website accessibility for Heart Share and user research documentation for Art Share Project, understand different perspectives and current research studies about museum accessibility, effectively collaborate with team members
Kinana is standing in an industrial setting, with the image display her from the waist above. She is wearing a black pants with a red paisley patterned button down long sleeve. She has light brown colored skin with dark brown eyes, dark brown long curly and she is smiling showing teeth. Kianna Eddy (she/her)

  • My blog
  • Major: Integrated Design and Media 
  • Interests: Web development, UX design/research, and Marvel
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: I was able to learn more about web accessibility by completing several courses on Deque University, I also attended a few workshops centered around accessibility.  
Dariana Gonzalez (she/her)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Interests: film photography, crocheting, UX design, front end development
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: I learned about art accessibility in museums! It was something I had never thought about before and had the opportunity to research about. I ended up finding out how many museums don’t even have accessibility options.
Krystine, a Latina woman, wearing a pink. orange, and white argyle sweater vest, sitting at a table. Krystine Ferreira (she/her)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Biomolecular Science
  • Interests: Crocheting, reading, exploring the city, coffee
East Asian boy wearing a white shirt and a light blue flannel, while smiling at the camera and standing in front of a bus stop. Joseph Kang (he/him)

  • My blog
  • Major: Integrated Design and Media
  • Interests: Walking, niche fitness creators, all things food
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: Through my various endeavors, I learned more about accessibility in both web design and physical spaces. Moving forward, I will continue to complete courses on digital accessibility and host more low-sensory events.
Bella sits down with an orange sunset behind them. They are wearing a purple blouse and have brown curly hair and bangs. They are smiling at their best friend who is taking the photo.
Izabella (she/they) 

  • Blog
  • Major: “Environmental Engineering, Design, and Access” at NYU Gallatin 
  • Interests: Music, Glassblowing, and walks to Turtle Pond in Central Park 
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: I finally learned how to 3D print! Now I can even help others with their printing challenges! I also learned how to print braille and learned a lot more about how to adapt music for blind and low vision performers.
  Sahithi Lingala  (she/her)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Biology 
  • Minor: Technology, Design and Management 
  • Interests: Music, people watching, reality shows/sitcoms 
An east asian woman with black and brown hair in black t-shirt and beige skirt. She is touching a sleeping orange cat's paw.
 Shenyi Huang (she/her)

  • My blog
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Minor: Mathematics
  • Interests: try different coffee, go to concerts, software development
  • Fall 2023 Accomplishments: The biggest accomplishment this semester for me is that I have a deeper understanding in web accessibility now than I was at the beginning of this semester. By completing 11 trainings on Deque university’s platform, I learned design considerations for designing user-friendly accessible features.
  Owen Wang

  • Major: Computer Engineering
  • My blog
  • Interests: Playing frisbee, game development, playing video games
a photo of Cyrene taken in front the river by sunset; She's wearing a white top and a jean short.
 Cyrene Chen

  • Cyrene’s EAT Blog
  • Major: Integrated Design and Media
  • Interests: Zelda 300h fan; Driving & Roadtrip; Spiritual Oracles and Tarot; Jay Chou, Taylor Swift and Coldplay
White male with brown, curly hair. Wearing glasses and a green t-shirt. Christopher Haddad (he/him)

  • My Blog
  • Major: Computer Engineering
  • Interests: Basketball, soccer, watching movies/shows, and playing video games.
  • Fall 23 Accomplishments: I continued 3D printing this semester. In the previous semester and even during this semester I found models online to print. So my biggest accomplishment this semester is definitely that I designed my own 3D model.