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Ken N. Petri, M.A.
Ken Petri
Position/Job Title
Director, Web Accessibility Center
Institution, Company, or Agency Affiliation
The Ohio State University
Biographical Statement
Ken has been directing the OSU Web Accessibility Center (WAC) since Fall 2005. The WAC is funded by the OSU ADA Coordinator's Office and the Office for Disability Services and liases with many campus units and departments, including Education and Human Ecology, the Digital Union, and TELR.
As WAC Director he gives regular workshops on a variety of topics related to web and computer media accessibility and has been involved in a number of multi-state collaborations to improve the accessibility of commonly used course management and library database systems. Ken started the Access Technologies Users Group (ATUG) at Ohio State, in order to foster communications about access technologies and usage among persons with disabilities.
Ken has an M.A. in English and a B.S. in Computer Science. His most recent interests are in JavaScript accessibility and usability testing.
