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Rakesh Babu is a Faculty Member at the School of Information Studies – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the first blind person to earn a PhD in Information Systems. His work attempts to address the wicked social problem of marginalization of blind people. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to this problem by developing practical solutions to enhance social inclusion of blind people. His research has received funding from sponsors such as National Science Foundation, Research Council of Norway and Institute of Museum & Library Services. He has 9 refereed journal articles and 24 conference papers to his credit. His research interests span mobile IT and employment, Web accessibility and usability, mental models and technology affordances. He chairs the IDAIS (Including the Differently Abled in the Information Society) Mini-track at AMCIS. He serves as a reviewer for multiple journals and international conferences.

Donald Heath is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research appears in journals such as MIS Quarterly Executive, the Journal of Information Technology Education: Research and the Journal of Information, Communications and Ethics in Society. He has presented his work at premier national and international information systems conferences and serves as a referee for a number of IS journals. He currently serves as the president of the AIS special interest group on Ontology Driven Intelligent Systems (SIGODIS). His research interests include organizational strategies on the use of ICT to foster social engagement and social inclusion. He serves as a consultant to industry in a variety of settings.