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Google Scholar<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boris Vukovic is an applied interdisciplinary accessibility researcher and innovation leader whose work connects disability services, inclusive higher education, accessibility standards, participatory research, and responsible AI for accessibility services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My work advances accessibility as an applied, interdisciplinary field of research and innovation. I focus on how institutions understand accessibility needs, design services, make accommodation decisions, implement standards, and use emerging technologies to improve participation for people with visible and nonvisible disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am especially interested in research that moves across disciplines and sectors, connecting lived experience, professional practice, policy, design, and technology. This includes participatory and collaborative projects that generate practical evidence, tools, and models for real-world education, public sector, and human service settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current work explores responsible AI for accessibility services, including accessibility needs assessment, accommodation planning, service navigation, and decision support. This research emphasizes human oversight, transparency, ethical implementation, and scalable innovation grounded in the experiences of the people and professionals affected by these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B. (2023). Accessibility as an emerging field<\/strong>. In J. W. Madaus & L. L. Dukes, III. (eds.). Handbook of Higher Education and Disability: Elgar Handbooks in Education Series<\/em>. Edward Elgar Publisher, Gloucestershire, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B., Black, J., Dyjur, P., Havel, A., Kennette, L., & Lackeyram, D. (2023). Universal Design in Canadian higher education<\/strong>. In J. W. Madaus & L. L. Dukes, III. (eds.). Handbook of Higher Education and Disability: Elgar Handbooks in Education Series<\/em>. Edward Elgar Publisher, Gloucestershire, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kang, J., Chan, A. D., Trudel, C. M. J., Vukovic, B., & Girouard, A. (2023). A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Impact of a Graduate Student Accessibility Training on Student Learning Outcomes<\/strong>. In Proceedings of the 25th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE ’23)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kang, J., DC Chan, A., MJ Trudel, C., Vukovic, B., & Girouard, A. (2021, November). Diversifying Accessibility Education: Presenting and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Accessibility Training Program<\/strong>. In 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research<\/em> (pp. 1-6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B., & Saroyan, A. (2018). The dream of universal design and the realities of faculty attitudes and practices<\/strong>. <\/strong>Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antunes-Alves, S., Vukovic, B., Kramer, U., Milyavskaya, M., Dobson, K., & Drapeau, M. (2018). Therapist interventions and patient outcome: Addressing the common versus specific factor debate.<\/strong> Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 20<\/em>(3), 7-25.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B. (2016).  Fostering accessible learning environments: University faculty attitudes and practices in inclusive instruction, and relationship with faculty development<\/em><\/strong> (Doctoral dissertation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B., Tam, S., & Hamm, B. (2016, Winter). A balancing act: The evolving role of the disability service professional.<\/strong> CACUSS Communiqu\u00e9<\/em>, 17<\/em>(1), 22-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lombardi, A., Vukovic, B., & Sala-Bars, I. (2015). International comparisons of inclusive instruction among college faculty in Spain, Canada, and the United States<\/strong>. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 28(4), 447-460.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vukovic, B., & Martin, C. (2009). Free and Open source software (FOSS) and OER<\/strong>. In S. D’Antoni & C. Savage, (Eds). Open educational resources: Conversations in cyberspace<\/em>. Paris: UNESCO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8521,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Boris","cu_people_last_name":"Vukovic ","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[57],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-3138","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-cu-researchers"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Research Professor | School of Industrial Design","cu_people_degree":"B.A. Hon. (Carleton), M.Ed. (uOttawa), Ph.D. (McGill) ","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"School of Industrial Design ","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"boris.vukovic@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"1988","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/people\/boris-vukovic\/","cu_people_orcid":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5757-2355"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10251,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3138\/revisions\/10251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}