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<h1>Frank Elavsky</h1>

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      PhD'ing at CMU HCII and consulting for accessibilty R&D.<br/>
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      <a href="{{ absolute_url }}/">https://www.frank.computer</a><br/>
      <a href="mailto:fje@cmu.edu">fje@cmu.edu</a><br/>
      <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/frank.computer">@frank.computer</a>
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<h2 id="statement">Research Area</h2>

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To <strong>break down barriers</strong> that exclude people from data work and data interfaces, I research methods that improve <strong>greater adoption of accessibility practices</strong>, engineer tools and systems that <strong>improve inclusive practitioner work</strong> and outcomes, and <strong>contribute to global technology standards</strong> bodies. I critically examine ways that sociotechnical systems exclude people with disabilities while also building and making. My research seeks to intervene in the technological spaces where practitioners produce inaccessible data visualizations, interfaces, and experiences in order to <strong>include and empower everyone with information</strong>.
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<h2 id="publications">Publications <a href="{{ '/publications/' | absolute_url }}">[Interactive Version]</a></h2>

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<h2 id="service">Service</h2>

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    <li><strong>Associate Editor</strong> (2024 - Present), <a href="https://www.journalovi.org/">Journal of Interaction and Visualization (JoVI)</a>. Honored to be the first student editor!</li>
    <li><strong>Peer Reviewer</strong> (2022 - Present), Reviewed a running total of 18 papers across ACM CHI, UIST, IEEE VIS, TAccess, and EuroVis. Current reviews:submissions ratio of 6:1.</li>
    <li><strong>Co-founder and organizer</strong> (2020 - Present), <a href="https://github.com/dataviza11y/Why-We-Exist">DataVizA11y</a>, a worldwide group of practitioners focused on accessibility in visualization.</li>
    <li><strong>W3C Invited Expert</strong> (2021 - 2024), <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/aria/former-participants/#:~:text=Frank%20Elavsky">Accessible Internet Rich Applications (ARIA) Working Group</a>, a working group for web accessibility standards.</li>
    <li><strong>Student Volunteer</strong> (2023), <a href="https://dis.acm.org/2023/">ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS)</a> conference in Pittsburgh, PA.</li>
    <li><strong>Volunteer Consultant</strong> (2020), <a href="https://sf.gov/resource/2021/covid-19-data-and-reports">City of San Francisco's Data Team</a>, helped with a project to make COVID-19 dashboards more accessible.</li>
    <li><strong>Community organizer</strong> (2012 - 2016), various, organizing at the local and institutional level for housing, safety, and student rights issues.</li>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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    <strong>Dominik Moritz</strong><br/>
    Assistant Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute<br/>
    <i>Carnegie Mellon University</i><br/>
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    <strong>Patrick Carrington</strong><br/>
    Assistant Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute<br/>
    <i>Carnegie Mellon University</i><br/>
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    <strong>Øystein Moseng</strong><br/>
    Chief Product Officer<br/>
    <i>Highsoft</i><br/>
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    <strong>John Stamper</strong><br/>
    Associate Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute<br/>
    <i>Clemson University</i><br/>
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    <strong>Vetria Byrd</strong><br/>
    Assistant Professor of Computer Graphics Technology<br/>
    <i>Purdue University</i><br/>
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