Summary
Maitraye Das is an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University who researches Human-Computer Interaction with a focus on making collaborative content production accessible and equitable for ability-diverse teams. With eight years of experience spanning a PhD and MS in Technology and Social Behavior from Northwestern, postdoctoral work at the University of Washington, and industry research at Microsoft’s Ability Team, she combines qualitative, community-centered methods with iterative system building. Her work probes how accessibility is negotiated in collaborative writing, creative making, and remote work among blind, sighted, and neurodivergent collaborators, and has earned multiple Best Paper recognitions and a Google Research Scholar Award. Known for bridging academic rigor and practical design, she brings deep empathy for marginalized users and a track record of translating ethnographic insight into evaluated prototypes.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Technology and Social Behavior (Dual PhD in Computer Science and Communication Studies), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Technology and Social Behavior (Dual PhD in Computer Science and Communication Studies) at Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
English, Bengali