CV
Education
- Ph.D. in Informatics, University of California Irvine, 2027 (expected)
- M.S. in Informatics, University of California Irvine, 2019
- B.E. in Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2015
Research Interests
Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, Organizations
Work Experience
- 2023-Present Doctoral Researcher, UC Irvine, USA
- 2022-2023 Senior User Experience Researcher, MathWorks, Bangalore, India
- 2019-2022 User Experience Researcher, MathWorks, Natick, USA
- 2018 User Experience Summer Intern, Nelnet, Madison, USA
- 2015-2017 Data Integration Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India
Awards
- 2025 Best Paper Award and DEI Recognition, CSCW, Bergen, Norway
- 2018 Butterworth Product Development Competition - Second Place, UC Irvine ($6000)
- 2015 Best Speaker Award, St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Certifications
- 2025 Public Speaking, Activate to Captivate, UC Irvine
- 2024 Mentoring Excellence Certificate Program, UC Irvine
- 2023 Responsible Conduct of Research, CITI Program
- 2023 Social/ Behavioral Investigators, CITI Program
Publications (Peer Reviewed)
Akter, T., Marathe, A. S., Gergle, D., & Piper, A. M. (2025, October). Beyond Accessibility: Understanding the Ease of Use and Impacts of Digital Collaboration Tools for Blind and Low Vision Workers. In Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (pp. 1-17).
Marathe, A. S., & Piper, A. M. (2025). The Accessibility Paradox: How Blind and Low Vision Employees Experience and Negotiate Accessibility in the Technology Industry. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(7), 1-25. (🏆 Best Paper Award & 🌟 DEI Recognition)
Gupta, S., Tanenbaum, T. J., Muralikumar, M. D., & Marathe, A. S. (2020, April). Investigating roleplaying and identity transformation in a virtual reality narrative experience. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).
Other Publications
Sharma, V., Wani, A. S., Marée, R., Becker, C., Schuler, D., Marathe, A., … & Tuli, A. (2025). Challenging the Growth Narrative in and Through HCI. XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, 31(4), 12-18.
Marathe, A., Rethinking Accessibility with Post-Growth HCI, Position Paper for Post-growth HCI Workshop, CHI (2025)
Marathe, A., George, D., & Malve, R. (2015). VIAssist: Assistance for the Visually Impaired. International Journal of Computer Applications, 975, 8887.
Talks, Guest Lectures, Panels, & Presentations
- 2025 Guest Lecture, ICT & Global Development, Georgia Tech
- 2025 Student Competition Judge, Design@UCI, UC Irvine
- 2025 Panel Speaker, Design@UCI, UC Irvine
- 2022 Ted-style talk titled “Design for accessibility - A step towards an equitable future”, UXIndia, Hyderabad
- 2021 Mentor, UXPA, Boston
Teaching
Masters Courses
- 2024 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Overview of HCID, UC Irvine
- 2024 (Spring) Teaching Assistant, MHCID Capstone Project, UC Irvine
- 2023 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, User Needs Analysis, UC Irvine
Undergrad Courses
- 2019 (Winter) Teaching Assistant, Software Testing and Quality Assurance, UC Irvine
- 2018 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Project in HCI, UC Irvine
- 2018 (Spring) Teaching Assistant, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, UC Irvine
- 2018 (Winter) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to HCI, UC Irvine
Service
- 2025 External Reviewer, CHI
- 2025 Student Volunteer, Virtual ASSETS
- 2025 Student Volunteer, Accessibility Task Force, CHI
- 2024 External Reviewer, CHI
- 2024 Student Volunteer, Accessibility Task Force, CHI
- 2024 Human Guide Volunteer, CSUN
- 2024 Accessibility Coordinator, Accessibility Research Collective
- 2021 Technical Coordinator, Women in Tech Summit (Virtual)
- 2016 English Trainer, Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai