Human-Computer Interaction and U.S. Law - Hardcover

Lazar, Jonathan: - Jonathan Lazar, PhD, LLM, is Professor in the College of Information at the University of Maryland, where he is the executive director of the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) and a faculty member in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). He has been teaching and researching about human-computer interaction (HCI), accessibility, and the intersections between law, policy, and HCI, for over 25 years. He has previously authored or edited 18 books and published over 200 refereed articles in journals, conference proceedings, edited books, and magazines. He has received research funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Google, and Adobe. He has served as an expert witness in many legal cases, has given legislative testimony at the state and federal level over 20 times, regularly teaches legal research methods to nonlawyers, and is a member of the Disability Rights Bar Association.Fiesler, Casey: - Casey Fiesler, PhD, JD, is Associate Professor in Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she is also affiliated with the law school's Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. She is a social computing researcher and legal scholar whose research addresses internet law and copyright, online governance, and research ethics. She is also a member of the SIGCHI Research Ethics Committee and the Legal Committee for the Organization for Transformative Works, which helps protect the rights of fan creators. She holds a JD from Vanderbilt Law School and a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech.Wentz, Brian: - Brian Wentz, ScD, MSL, is Professor of Information Systems and Analytics at Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania. His research interests include how the accessibility and usability aspects of human-computer interaction affect business, education, employment, public policy, and societal inclusion. He has been involved in a variety of projects related to web accessibility and usability for people with disabilities, including working as a contractor on the regulatory process for website accessibility under the ADA for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has published over 40 refereed articles in journals, books, and conference proceedings.