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    Dr Scott Hollier is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at ECU's School of Science

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Dr Scott Hollier

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: scott.hollier@ecu.edu.au

Background

Dr Hollier is a digital access specialist, CEO and Co-founder of the Centre For Accessibility Australia  with industry experience across the corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors. This includes internationally-recognised work with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), academic lecturing and Doctoral supervision for UniSA and ECU respectively, strategic leadership roles on the boards of ACCAN and ASCCA respectively, and consultancy that supports digital access processes both locally and globally.

Dr Hollier academic qualifications include a PhD in Internet Studies, a Master of Management and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science. He has also published a memoir titled ‘Outrunning the Night – a life journey of disability, determination and joy’.

Professional Memberships

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Year/s of membership/appointment - Association name, (type of association i.e. Member, Director, Board Member etc.)

  • 2016 – Present: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),Research - Questions Taskforce.
  • 2021 – Present: ISO Plain Language 24495 working group
  • 2022 - Present Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
  • 2020 – Present Australian Seniors Computer Club Association

Awards and Recognition

  • 2022 – Nominated Australian of the Year

Research Areas and Interests

  • Digital Accessibility

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2007.
  • Master of Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology, 2000.
  • Graduate Diploma in Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Science (Multidisciplinary Science), Curtin University of Technology, 1996.

Research Outputs

2022

Conference Publications

  • Brown, J., Permvattana, R., Hollier, S., McKee, J. (2022). Online Learning & COVID-19: Exploring Digital Accessibility. Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities Volume 10 (82-96). CSUN.

2019

Book Chapters

  • Brown, J., Hollier, S. (2019). Interface casting: making the physical digital. Manifestos for the future of critical disability studies (119-129). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351053341.

2018

Conference Publications

  • Hollier, S., Abou-Zahra, S. (2018). Internet of things (IoT) as assistive technology: Potential applications in tertiary education. Proceedings of the 15th Web for All Conference : Internet of Accessible Things, W4A 2018 (4 p.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3192714.3192828.

2016

Book Chapters

2015

Journal Articles

  • Brown, J., Hollier, S. (2015). The challenges of Web accessibility: The technical and social aspects of a truly universal Web. First Monday, 20(9), 16p.. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i9.6165.

Conference Publications

  • Brown, J., Hollier, S. (2015). Web Accessibility, Litigation and Complaint Mechanisms. Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Internet Computing and Big Data (ICOMP2015) (85-90). CSREA Press.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, A study into factors determining the effectiveness of developing for Accessibility of online public services and its impact on users with disabilities

Completed Supervisions

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