ASU Digital Accessibility Liaisons
The Digital Accessibility Liaisons network is vital to the success of ASU's IT accessibility program. Liaisons are volunteers who help coordinate accessibility efforts, promote accessibility awareness, and monitor digital accessibility progress across the university. Each of ASU's 34 college and administrative units has at least one accessibility liaison assigned to answer questions and find information to help resolve accessibility issues when they arise.
The Digital Accessibility Liaisons program is managed by ASU's Accessibility team and is organized under the umbrella of the Information Technology Community (ITC).
Have a question about accessibility? Contact your area's Digital Accessibility Liaison.
Role and responsibilities
Digital Accessibility Liaisons act as the first point of contact for their colleges and departments and assist their units in identifying information and resources to ensure the accessibility of digital content, online courses, web sites and mobile applications.
Digital Accessibility Liaisons also:
- Convey the importance of accessibility to others in their colleges and departments.
- Communicate IT accessibility policies, standards, and related information.
- Receive monthly web accessibility audit results.
- Identify accessibility needs and work with the ASU Accessibility team to make plans to address those needs.
- Attend monthly Digital Accessibility Liaisons meetings and interact with fellow liaisons via Slack.
- Complete an initial training in the basics of digital accessibility and stay up to date on developments.
For IT accessibility concerns, contact your area's Accessibility Liaison or ASU's Accessibility team.
Meetings, support and training
Digital Accessibility Liaisons meet monthly to participate in continuous training, keep up to date with accessibility news and information, and share issues and solutions. Meetings are held online via Zoom. To be added to the meeting series, contact ASU's Accessibility team.
Information and support for ASU's Digital Accessibility Liaisons, including meeting times and agendas, are communicated via the #a11y-liaisons Slack channel. To join the channel, contact ASU's Accessibility team.
Initial training
Initial training is provided for all new Accessibility Liaisons. Each liaison is expected to take 6-8 hours of introductory accessibility training, based on their role at ASU. In addition, liaisons must attend monthly meetings to stay updated on training, news, and technical and legal changes.
Become a liaison
Liaisons are volunteers who want to learn about and help promote digital accessibility at ASU.
Membership in the Digital Accessibility Liaisons network is open to all ASU faculty and staff, although it is recommended that candidates are comfortable with common technology used at the university (MS Office, Adobe PDFs, Canvas) and have a basic understanding of HTML.
Liaisons also must be willing to assist colleagues and share knowledge about digital accessibility with their peers, departments, and schools. Many units request that liaisons are approved by their Distributed Technology (DT) Lead. Please check with your DT Lead before completing the application.
To join the liaison network, please fill out the volunteer form.
If you'd rather participate in the liaisons without becoming an official volunteer, you can request to be added to the group's DL and monthly calendar meeting series. You do not have to be a liaison to attend meetings and join the conversation.
For more information on ASU's Digital Accessibility Liaisons, contact ASU's Accessibility team.
List of Accessibility Liaisons
The Information Technology Community (ITC) is composed of representatives from all academic and administrative units at ASU, including Distributed Technology (DT) Leads.
If your area does not yet have an Accessibility Liaison, please email the DT Lead from your area to volunteer as an Accessibility Liaison or fill out this form to volunteer.
Dept ID | Units | DT Leads | Digital Accessibility Liaisons |
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A0101 | Executive Administration | Martin McAllister | |
A0104 | SrVP & Sec for the University | Martin McAllister | - |
A0106 | Enterprise Brand Strategy and Management | Paul Emerson | Ashley Bates Ebunoluwa Omiwole Nevine Khan |
A0109 | Learning Enterprise (Office of SrVP for Strategy) | Martin McAllister | Alejandra Dashe Sean Netzel |
B0101 | Executive Vice President and University Provost | Gemma Garcia | Alisha Bach Mindy Gant |
B0119 | Enrollment Services | - | Tanya Amos Karime Arreguin Tabia Harper |
B0501 | Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts | Zachary Shipp | Michael Kennedy Maritza Maurer |
B1201 | Barrett, the Honors College | Jodi Menees | Scott Pennelly |
B1301 | Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | Denise Felsenthal | Nathan Deneau Dustin Hampton Amy Janiczek Steve Ryan |
B1501 | University Libraries | Jeremey Kurtz | Charisa Deremiah Karen Grondin Jordyn Kush |
B1601 | W. P. Carey School of Business | Robin Gonzalez | Adam Henry Joanna Simone |
B1701 | The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Kevin Beyer | Greg Farneth Kena Ray Matthew Wandler |
B1901 | Graduate College | Brian Mattson | Han Sophia Segura |
B2101 | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law | Edward Garcia | Mari Bigler |
B5001 | School for the Future of Innovation in Society | Lori Hidinger | Anna Reid |
B6001 | College of Integrative Science and Arts | Christopher Baca | Theresa Cordon |
C0101 | Media Relations and Strategic Communications | Martin McAllister | - |
D0101 | Business and Finance | James Nichols | Eutopia Johnson Lindsay O'Neill Elaine Rettger Melvin Sappington Ryan Schmidt |
E0101 | Knowledge Enterprise | Timothy Remington | Timothy Remington Matthew Schultz |
G0601 | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College | Kelly Morris | Sara Barber Daniel Brasic Ruth Dempsey Gulnora Isaeva Samantha Francois Angela Stephens Robert Stoll |
G0901 | New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences | Erika Yoshimura | Dr. Anna Cunningham Dr. Charles Eppley Dr. Steven Hart Dr. Bethney Michaels |
G1001 | Thunderbird School of Global Management | Bronwyn Beabeau | - |
J0101 | University Athletics | - | - |
L0101 | Educational Outreach and Student Services | Kamala Avancha | Kamala Avancha Santosh Kumbera |
B6001 | University College | Qa'ed Mai | Joshua Bennett Melecio Flores Raquel Fong Tami Lopez |
M0601 | Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation | Robert Rice | Jinnette Senecal |
M0701 | Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions | Jacob Tenney | Andrea Koesters Mary Mathis Burnett Linda Obele |
M0901 | College of Health Solutions | Henry Barto | Tricia Bawn |
M1001 | Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication | Theodore Sokol | Nic Lindh |
N0101 | Office of General Counsel | Martin McAllister | - |
R0101 | EdPlus at ASU | Matt Rhoton | Laura Carrigan E-Lu Chen Megan Funkhouser Santiago Gea Mike Hower Matt LaMonica Elizabeth Lee Jade Mallahan Lauren Permoda Ramya Rao Jennifer Rode Ariel Shamas |
U0101 | Enterprise Technology | Dawnyce Schutz | Rachel Clark Nilo Exar Christine Gagne Mia Logic Sheri Myrick David Ornelas Tapati Sen Larisa Slacke |
V0101 | ASU Gammage/Cultural Affairs | Scott Guess | - |
#N/A | ASU Enterprise Partners | Stephanie Leach | Renae Hintze |
#N/A | ASU Global Launch | - | Joseph Axel Wanda Huber Iryna Kovalenko Melanie Sprout |