Assistant Professor
School of Industrial Design
Areas of Interest
HCI, Accessibility, Creativity, Privacy, Computer vision
Affiliations
Georgia Tech
Personal
Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Technology Media and Society, ATLAS Institute, 2019
- MS, Informational Communication Technology for Development, ATLAS Institute, 2013
- BED, Landscape Planning, University of Colorado Boulder, 2008
Research
Dr. Abigale Stangl specializes in inclusive design, accessibility, and sensory AI. Her research focuses on enhancing tactile media and multimodal systems for individuals with disabilities. With expertise in human-centered design and participatory practices, she collaborates with disabled communities to drive innovation. Dr. Stangl’s work intersects design, information science, and education, advocating for disability-first innovation and inclusive design.
Relevant Research
Disability-first design and creation of a dataset showing private visual information collected with people who are blind
Defining problems of practices to advance inclusive tactile media consumption and production
Using LEGO to model 3D tactile picture books by sighted children for blind children
2023
2019
2014