Biography

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Dr. Mankoff’s accessibility research emphasizes intersectionality and perspectives such as disability studies. Her work in Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH) technology explores how people who are multilingual engage with communication technology. Another focus is creating general tools so that anyone can use them, such as 3D printing, knitting, and other fabrication technologies. Mankoff has led the effort to better understand both clinical and do-it-yourself (DIY) stakeholders’ use of fabrication technologies, and has developed better, more usable tools for production to enhance the capabilities and participation of all users in today’s manufacturing revolution.