Brewer, Robin N.

"I wouldn't say offensive but...": Disability-Centered Perspectives on Large Language Models

Gadiraju, V., Kane, S., Dev, S., Taylor, A., Wang, D., Denton, R., & Brewer, R. (2023) · 2023 ACM Conference on Fairness Accountability and Transparency

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIDisability Rights and Representation

Cited by 155

"Why would anybody do this?": Understanding Older Adults' Motivations and Challenges in Crowd Work

Brewer, R., Morris, M. R., & Piper, A. M. (2016) · Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Mobile Crowdsensing and CrowdsourcingTechnology Use by Older Adults

Cited by 111

An Empirical Study of Older Adult’s Voice Assistant Use for Health Information Seeking

Brewer, R., Pierce, C., Upadhyay, P., & Park, L. (2022) · ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems

Technology Use by Older AdultsInformation Retrieval and Search Behavior

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The harm in conflating aging with accessibility

Knowles, B., Hanson, V. L., Rogers, Y., Piper, A. M., Waycott, J., Davies, N., Ambe, A. H., Brewer, R. N., Chattopadhyay, D., Dee, M., et al. (2021) · Communications of the ACM

Technology Use by Older AdultsDigital Accessibility for Disabilities

Cited by 86

Understanding the Power of Control in Autonomous Vehicles for People with Vision Impairment

Brewer, R. N., & Kameswaran, V. (2018) · Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Assistive Technology in Communication and MobilityHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety

Cited by 72

Going Gray, Failure to Hire, and the Ick Factor: Analyzing How Older Bloggers Talk about Ageism

Lazar, A., Diaz, M., Brewer, R., Kim, C., & Piper, A. M. (2017) · Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Aging and Gerontology ResearchTechnology Use by Older Adults

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Studying Exploration & Long-Term Use of Voice Assistants by Older Adults

Upadhyay, P., Heung, S., Azenkot, S., & Brewer, R. N. (2023) · Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Technology Use by Older AdultsAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

Cited by 51

Technology learning and use among older adults with late-life vision impairments

Piper, A. M., Brewer, R., & Cornejo, R. (2017) · Universal Access in the Information Society

Technology Use by Older AdultsDigital Accessibility for Disabilities

Cited by 50

"If Alexa knew the state I was in, it would cry": Older Adults' Perspectives of Voice Assistants for Health

Brewer, R. N. (2022) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

Technology Use by Older AdultsInnovative Human-Technology Interaction

Cited by 43

Misfitting With AI: How Blind People Verify and Contest AI Errors

Alharbi, R., Lor, P., Herskovitz, J., Schoenebeck, S., & Brewer, R. N. (2024) · The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

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How to Remember What to Remember: Exploring Possibilities for Digital Reminder Systems

Brewer, R. N., Morris, M. R., & Lindley, S. E. (2017) · Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies

Personal Information Management and User BehaviorCognitive Functions and Memory

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xPress: Rethinking Design for Aging and Accessibility through an IVR Blogging System

Brewer, R. N., & Piper, A. M. (2017) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Technology Use by Older AdultsDigital Accessibility for Disabilities

Cited by 37

Exploring Traditional Phones as an E-Mail Interface for Older Adults

Brewer, R., Garcia, R. C., Schwaba, T., Gergle, D., & Piper, A. M. (2016) · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

Technology Use by Older AdultsDigital Accessibility for Disabilities

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Accessible Voice Interfaces

Brewer, R. N., Findlater, L., Kaye, J. '., Lasecki, W., Munteanu, C., & Weber, A. (2018) · Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

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Voice Assistant Use in Long-Term Care

Oewel, B., Ammari, T., & Brewer, R. N. (2023) · Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces

Technology Use by Older AdultsSocial Robot Interaction and HRI

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Examining Voice Community Use

Brewer, R., Ankenbauer, S., Hashmi, M., & Upadhyay, P. (2024) · ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesTechnology Use by Older Adults

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Rethinking Productivity with GenAI: A Neurodivergent Students' Perspective

Jamshed, H., Naseem, M., Potluri, V., & Brewer, R. N. (2025) · Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Artificial Intelligence in EducationEducational Technology in Learning

Cited by 5

“Trying to Piece It Together”: Exploring Accessible Error Detection in Emerging Privacy Techniques With Blind People

Alharbi, R., Cheong, A. D., Herskovitz, J., Brewer, R. N., & Schoenebeck, S. (2025) · Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility

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