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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You wrote the list, not the e-mail address in the announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> darrell.hilliker@gmail.com <darrell.hilliker@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 9:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'David Andrews' <dandrews920@comcast.net>; nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Nfbnet-members-list] Research Participation Request: Understanding the experiences of people with disabilities with AI-based video hiring tools<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Yu,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just learned about your AI job interviewing tool study and I would be interested in participating. I am a totally blind full-time senior accessibility support engineer. I look forward to hearing from you if you are interested in my perspectives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Darrell Hilliker, NU7I, CPWA, Salesforce Certified User Experience Designer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Innovation: Technology is not innovative if it is not accessible. In fact, it is unintentionally ableist, or even racist or misogynistic, when technology is designed without inclusion as a first principle. And being ableist is not innovative at all. Being ableist is an outdated way of doing things. Choose not to be outdated. Be intentionally innovative and include people with disabilities throughout your project lifecycle, starting from the beginning in the design and planning stages.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> NFBNet-Members-List <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2025 7:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Research Participation Request: Understanding the experiences of people with disabilities with AI-based video hiring tools<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research Participation Request: Understanding the experiences of people with disabilities with AI-based video hiring tools<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to our research mission.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research Title: Understanding the experiences of people with disabilities with AI-based video hiring tools<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Being conducted by: University of Maryland, College Park<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Purpose of the Study<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With the development of AI, automated video interviews have become more widely used by companies. However, the representations of people with disabilities are usually missing when developers build powerful AIs, so hiring systems can be further biased against people with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In this study, we aim to understand how people with disabilities might be perceived differently in those automated AI hiring systems. We will conduct mock interviews with people with disabilities and evaluate the system behaviors on the videos we collect. We hope our findings will help both the technical community to be aware of potential fairness issues and the accessibility community to understand more about the black-box AI tools.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Role of the Participants and Anticipated Length of the Study <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>During the study, they will participate in a mock interview where they will need to answer behavioral and situational questions. An example question might be: “Can you describe a time when you needed to explain a complex or technical idea to a nontechnical or unfamiliar audience? How did you approach the situation?”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The mock interview will be conducted online via Zoom, and the session will be video recorded for analysis. The interview is expected to take approximately 50-60 minutes to complete.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Proposed Participant Compensation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, Participants will receive a $50 gift card as compensation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Link or Instructions for Participants to Enter the Study <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please email us directly at <a href="mailto:houyu@umd.edu">houyu@umd.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:ycao55@utexas.edu">ycao55@utexas.edu</a>. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contact the following individual with any questions <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yu Hou<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>310-498-6678<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:houyu@umd.edu">houyu@umd.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>