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Raja Kushalnagar
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I am a Professor in the School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics and Public Health at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. I am also a Director of the Bachelor of Science Information Technology program, and Co-Director of the Accessible Human-Centered Computing Program Our IT and AHCC program has grown rapidly in the past few years.
I primarily teach human-centered computing with a focus on accessible computing, and application development courses. I also teach cybersecurity related courses at both the introductory and specialized levels.
My research interests encompass the fields of accessible computing and accessibility/intellectual property law, with the goal of improving information access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. In the accessible computing field, I investigate information access disparities between hearing and deaf. For example, I investigate how deaf individuals acquire information through speech-to-text, e.g., enhanced captions that provide visual cues to non-speech information.
In the accessibility/intellectual property law field, I advocate for updates in accessible and intellectual property law, to incorporate accessible computing advances such as automatic captioning/subtitling.
I have published several peer-reviewed publications and received grants in the fields of accessible computing, accessible law and intellectual property law.
I love meeting, mentoring, and working with students. I enjoy watching students develop their passion and interests from their first course with us to their final Capstone project. I get many requests from students. This page is intended to provide some common information about the most common requests I get.
Drop by my office any time during my office hours. My office hours change each semester but can always be found outside my office door. If you want to discuss something for a long period of time (more than 15 minutes) email me so we can set up a dedicated time.
I get many requests for letters of recommendation, and I am usually happy to write them. However, writing strong recommendation letters takes time, and I ask that students provide some information to help me write the strongest letter I can:
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