Stephanie Ludi

Research Expertise

Stephanie Ludi is an Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and a professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of North Texas. She earned her BS and MS in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as well as her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University. Her first academic position was at the Rochester Institute Technology, where she held the ranks of Assistant, Associate and Full Professor over the course of fourteen years. Her research in accessibility involves refactoring software to maximize access by visually impaired students and programmers, as well as applying appropriate AI techniques to explore accessibility issues that impact users and software developers. In addition to her work in accessibility, Stephanie conducts research in Computer Science education. Stephanie has led efforts to increase inclusion in K12 Computer Science and robotics curricula for students with visual impairments via curriculum redesign and tool support. Other projects include refactoring block-based programming tools for accessibility and designing user interface features to support code navigation and code understanding for blind programmers. Her work has been funded primarily by NSF. Outside of research, Dr. Ludi’s internal roles have included Graduate Program Director, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Academic Affairs Fellow, and Interim Department Chair at UNT. Outside of her home institution, Stephanie is currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief for ACM’s Transactions on Accessible Computing and a member of the ACM Education Board, as well as having several supporting roles for conferences within her research areas.