RESEARCH POSITIONS
2013- Affiliate Scientist, Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2013- Assistant Project Scientist, Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California, Santa Barbara
2013- Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
2011-2014 Affiliate, Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)
2010-2014 Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
2009-2013 Research Scientist, VA Rehab R&D Center of Visual and Neurocognitve Rehabilitation, VA Medical Center Decatur, GA
2007-2009 Assistant Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
2002-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
EDUCATION
| 2002 | Ph.D. in Geography with Emphasis in Cognitive Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Dissertation: "Towards an Accessible City: Empirical Measurement and Modeling of Access to Urban Opportunities for those with Vision Impairments, Using Remote Infrared Audible Signage" |
| 1994 | M.A. in Environmental and Urban Geography, University of Illinois at Chicago Thesis: “Implications of the Number of Workers per Household on Travel Behavior.” |
| 1992 | B.A. in Sociology, History minor, University of Illinois at Chicago |
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| 2013 |
Consulting: Project Consultant / Subject Matter Expert. "Assessing the Value of Neogeographic Information", BAA #AA10-4733 Contract # W9132V -11-P-0011, PI Matthew Rice, Co-PI Kevin Curtin |
| 2011-2012 | $43,067 SBIR Phase I grant from NIH-NIA Project #1R43AG039897-01, Fast-Switching, High-Contrast, Electrochromic Sunwear for Persons with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) and Other Age-Related Ocular Diseases |
| 2011-2013 | $200,700 VA Merit Pilot Project C7470R (PI Marston), Capturing and Presenting Route Descriptions for People with Vision Loss |
| 2009-2012 | $234,850 VA Merit Review Project C7364U (Supplement) (PI Marston), Wayfinding Information Access System for People with Vision Loss |
| 2009-2012 | $117,400 VA Merit Review Project C6731R (PI Ross, Investigator Marston), Computer Vision System for the Blind Veteran |
| 2009-2010 | $25,000 Pilot, Health Systems Institute & Atlanta VA Rehabilitation R&D Center, (PI Ross, Investigator Marston) Helping Hand – a light-weight glove that locates and identifies objects for the visually impaired |
| 2006-2009 | $1,500,000 (UCSB subcontract $150,000) from National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) U.S. Department of Education award #H133A060056 Fundamental Issues in Wayfinding Technology. Contributing author (PI John Brabyn) |
| 2006-2007 | $126,000 Phase I STTR grant from National Institutes of Health and National Eye Institute, Grant # R41 EY017516-01A1, "A Wearable Multisensor Navigation Device for the Visually Impaired," Consultant (PI Vladimir Kulyukin) |
| 2004-2005 | University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Identification and Mitigation of Physical Barriers that Limit Access to Education for People with Various Mobility Limitations: Increasing Environmental Access through Improved Methods of Information Delivery. |
| 2003-2004 | $83,000 from California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways, Spatial and Temporal Utility Modeling to Increase Transit Ridership, Contributing author. (P.I. Richard Church) |
| 2003-2004 | University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Identification and Mitigation of Physical Barriers that Limit Access to Education for People with Various Mobility Limitations: Increasing Environmental Access through Improved Methods of Information Delivery. |
| 2001-2006 | $2,241,610 (UCSB subcontract=$520,269) from National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Wayfinding Technologies for People with Visual Impairment: Research and Development of an Integrated Platform, investigator (P.I. Michael May) |
| 2000-2002 | $7,500 from University of California Transportation Center for Empirical Measurement of Barriers to Public Transit for the Vision-Impaired and the Use of Remote Infrared Auditory Signage for Mitigation |
| 1998-2000 | $66256 from the University of California Transportation Center Grant # 65V430, Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers for the Blind and Vision Impaired: A Case for Auditory Signs. Contributing author and investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
| 1997-1998 | $89,051 from California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways #MOU343 Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers to Independent Travel for Blind and Vision Impaired Residents and Visitors. Investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
| 1996-1997 | $24353 from Caltrans/ California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways #MOU276, Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled, investigator (P.I. Reginald Golledge) |
OTHER GRANT RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
| 2000-2001 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice/MIT Individuals’ Spatial Abilities and Behavior in Transportation Networks NSF grant #9986475 |
| 1999-2000 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice Off-Route Strategies in Non Visual Navigation NSF grant #SBR9818545 |
| 1994-1995 | Research Unit on Spatial Cognition and Choice Caltrans/PATH Grant #MOU 157 The Mass Transit Needs of a Non-Driving Disabled Population |
| 1993-1994 | Federal Highway Administration Study of NPTS Data Travel Behavior of Multiworker Households, HPM-40 |
TEACHING
Lecturer- Department of Geography University of California Santa Barbara
| 2003 | Geog. 153E | Geography of Everyday Life |
| 2003 | Geog. 230 | Graduate Seminar in Behavioral Geography (Team Taught) |
| Winter 2002 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Winter 2000 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Fall 1998 | Geog 146 | Transportation Systems |
| Winter 1998 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Fall 1997 | Geog 108 | Urban Geography |
| Spring 1997 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Winter 1997 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Fall 1996 | Geog 117b | Research Methods |
| Winter 1996 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
| Fall 1995 | Geog 108 | Urban Geography |
| Fall 1994 | Geog 5 | Human Geography |
University of Illinois at Chicago
| Spring 1994 | Geog 483 | Quantitative methods I |
| Spring 1994 | Geog 481 | Geographic Information Systems |
| Fall 1993 | Geog 482 | Quantitative methods II |
| Fall 1993 | Geog 481 | Geographic Information Systems |
| Spring 1993 | Geog 150 | Physical Geography |
| Spring 1993 | Geog 151 | Urban Geography |
| Spring 1993 | Geog 210 | Astronomy |
PUBLICATION AND PANEL REVIEW
2004 Grant proposal review panel, Project Action, “A toolkit for bus stop accessibility and safety”
Ad hoc reviewer
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Assistive Technology
Journal of Zhejiang University Science C (Computers & Electronics)
Spatial Cognition and Computation
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
IIEE Transactions on Haptics Environment and Planning A
Urban Studies Journal
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
Perception & Psychophysics
Journal of Experimental Psychology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Environment and Planning B, Planning and Design
Transportation Research Board
IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
Journal of Geography
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems
SERVICE
| 2014 | Board Member, Jodi House Brain Injury Support Center, http://jodihouse.org/ |
| 2014 | Executive Board Member, Independent Living Resource Center http://www.ilrc-trico.org/aboutus/boardofdirectors.html |
| 2011-2013 | Board Member, Foundation Fighting Blindness-Atlanta Chapter |
| 2011-2013 | Co-leader and technical advisor, Foundation Fighting Blindness support group, Atlanta |
| 2010-2013 | VA RR&D Center Community Outreach Committee |
| 2010 | Radio Interview: Current research on accessible maps (tactile and large print) and enhancement to promote independent wayfinding in indoor and outdoor environments Presented as part of a VA RR&D Center Community Outreach Committee coordinated series for the Georgia Radio Reading Service |
| 2008-2009 | Member, City of Santa Barbara Access Advisory Committee |
| 2008-2009 | Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments, Worclaw, Poland |
| 2007-2008 | Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments, Granada, Spain |
| 2007 | Peer Review Panel, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness |
| 2007 | Member, UCSB ACCA Subcommittee - Campus Path of Travel |
| 2007 | Member, UCSB ACCA Subcommittee - Cell Site Funding |
| 2006 | Vice Chair, “Assistive Technology, Education, Training and Accessibility” session, 2006 CVHI conference, Kufstein, Austria |
| 2006-2010 | Member of the Accessible Transportation and Mobility Committee (ABE60), Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. |
| 2006 | Chair, "Visual Impairment and Navigation" session, 2006 AAG Meeting, Chicago, ILPA |
| 2005 | Member, Association of American Geographers Diversity Task Force |
| 2005 | Member, Board of Directors, BlindMatters Foundation, Inc. |
| 2004 | Member, ADA Projects Subcommittee of the UCSB ADA Committee. |
| 2004 | disABILITY Awareness Week UCSB |
| 2004 | Co-Organizer & Co-Chair, “Frontiers of Behavioral Geography” session, 2004 AAG Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2003 | Chairperson, Conference session on “Spatial Cognition: Differential Studies” 2nd International Conference on Spatial Cognition, University of Rome, Italy |
| 2003 | Academic Advisor for the “Committee on Disability Access” UCSB |
| 2003 | Lead Investigator for Physical Access, “Committee on Disability Access” UCSB |
| 2003 | Member, Planning Committee for Disability Awareness Week Disability Awareness Week at UCSB |
| 2002 | Member of the Equity Funding Subcommittee of the UCSB ADA Committee |
| 2001 | Assistant Organizer, “COSIT ’01”, Fifth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Morro Bay, CA |
| 2001-2003 | Consultant to the Wayfinding Foundation, a non-profit group advocating for blind accessibility, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2001 | Chair, “Geography of Exclusion” session, 2001 AAG Meeting, New York |
| 2000 | Project Coordinator, Campus Access Mapping, UCSB |
| 2000 | Project Director, Remote Infrared Audible Signage, UCSB |
| 2000-2002 | Graduate Advisor to Associated Students Commission on Disability Access (CODA) |
| 1998-2002 | Member of the Access Subcommittee of the ADA Committee |
| 1998-2000 | Member of DACA, The Disability Advisory Committee on Access for the City of Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1997-2002 | Graduate Student Association Representative to the UCSB ADA Committee |
| 1996-1997 | Disability Liaison with the UCSB Ombuds Office |
| 1995-1997 | Founding Board Member of The UCSB Disability Awareness And Advocacy Coalition (DAAC), A Student Led Organization |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2004 | Invited participant, State-of-the-Science Conference, “Rehabilitation Technology and Methods for a Changing Population,” June 4, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | Invited participant, Scientific workshop, “Blindness, Brain Plasticity, and Spatial Function,”. March 11-14, National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. |
| 2003 | University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 2003 | “Best Conference Paper Award,” Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on Spatial Cognition, University of Rome, Italy |
| 2003 | University of California “University Service Award” |
| 2003 | UCSB Graduate Student Association’s Dixon-Levy Service Award for “Selfless, Untiring Service to the Improvement of Graduate Student Life.” |
| 2001-2002 | “Graduate Dissertation Fellowship,” University of California Transportation Center |
| 2001 | “Excellence in Research” Award, UCSB Department of Geography |
| 2001 | “Graduate Excellence Award for Co-Curricular Activity” nominee UCSB Office of Student Life |
| 2001 | “Accessibility Achievement Award” from the Commission on Disability Access (CODA) University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2001 | “Most Creative Program” and “Outstanding Group Achievement,” UCSB Office of Student Life. 2 awards for Disability Commission that I advised and help form |
| 1995 | “Excellence in Teaching” nominee, Graduate Student Association |
| 1994-2001 | Graduate Fellowship and Tuition Support Department of Geography UCSB |
| 1992-1994 | Graduate Tuition Support / Summer Stipend University of Illinois at Chicago |
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Kulyukin, V., Nicholson, J., Ross, D., Marston, J., & Gaunet, F. (2008). The Blind Leading The Blind: Toward Collaborative Online Route Information Management by Individuals with Visual Impairments. Proceedings of the AAI Social Information Processing Symposium, AAI Press, 54-59.
Klatzky, R. L., Giudice, N. A., Marston, J. R., Tietz, J., Golledge, R. G., & Loomis, J. M. (2008). An N-back Task Using Vibrotactile Stimulation. Behavior Research Methods, 40(1), 367-372.
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. L., & Golledge, R. G. (2007). Nonvisual Route Following with Guidance from a Simple Haptic or Auditory Display. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 101(4), 203-211.
Klatzky, R. L., Marston, J. R., Giudice, N. A., Golledge, R. G., & Loomis, J. M. (2006). Cognitive Load of Navigating without Vision when Guided by Virtual Sound versus Spatial Language. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 12(4), 223-232.
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. L., Golledge, R. G., & Smith, E. L. 2006). Evaluation of Spatial Displays for Navigation Without Sight, ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 3(2), 110-124.
Marston, J. R., & Church, R. L. (2005). A Relative Access Measure to Identify Barriers to Efficient Transit Use by Persons with Visual Impairments. Disability and Rehabilitation. 27(13), 769-779.
Loomis, J. M., Marston, J. R., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L., (2005). Personal guidance system for visually impaired people: Comparison of spatial displays for route guidance, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. (99), 219-232
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., & Klatzky, R. L. (2004). Stated preferences for components of a Personal Guidance System for non-visual navigation. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 98(3), 135-147.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (2003) The Hidden Demand for Activity Participation and Travel by People with Vision Impairment or Blindness, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 97(8), 475 488.
Church, R. L., & Marston, J. R. (2003). Measuring Accessibility for People with a Disability. Geographical Analysis, 35 (1), 83-96.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1997). Attitudes of visually impaired persons toward the use of public transportation. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 91(5), 446-459.
Marston, J. R., Golledge, R. G., & Costanzo, C. M. (1997). Investigating travel behavior of nondriving blind and vision impaired people: The role of public transit. The Professional Geographer, 49(2), 235-245.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Lawson, M.A., Do, E.Y.L., Marston, J.R., Ross, D.A (2011)., Helping Hands versus ERSP Vision: Comparing Object Recognition Technologies for the Visually Impaired, proceedings of HCI International 2011, Volume 173, Part V, pp 383—388.
Kulyukin, V., Marston, J., Mielie, J, and Kutiyanawala, A. (2010). Automated SVG Map Labeling for Customizable Large Print Maps for Low Vision Individuals. Proceedings of the 2010 Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Conference (RESNA 2010), Las Vegas, NV.
Marston, J. R., Cao, G., Brabyn, J. A., Miele, J. A., (2010). Accessible Geographical Information for People with Low Vision, Proceedings of the CSUN 25th Annual International Conference, "Technology and Persons with Disabilities", San Diego, CA Nicholson, J., Kulyukin, V., & Marston, J. (2009). Building route based maps for the visually impaired from natural language route descriptions. In Proceedings of the 24th International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2009).
Marston, J. R., Brabyn, J. A., & Miele, J. A. (2008). A Consumer Based Approach To The Design And Development Of Travel Related Assistive Devices For The Blind And Visually Impaired. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, New York, New York.
Giudice, N. A., Marston, J. R., Klatzky, R. L., Loomis, J. M., & Golledge, R. G. (2008). Environmental Learning without Vision: Effects of Cognitive Load on Interface Design. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marston, J. R., Miele, J. A., & Smith, E. L. (2007). Large Print Map Automated Production (LPMAP). In Proceedings of the XXIII International Cartographic Conference. Moscow, Russia.
Darden, J. T., et al. (2006). Final Report, An Action Strategy For Geography Departments As Agents Of Change: A Report Of The AAG Diversity Task Force.
Church, R., Noronha, V., Lei, T., Corrigan, W., Burbidge, S., & Marston, J. (2005). Spatial and Temporal Utility Modeling to Increase Transit Ridership (Final Report No. UCB-ITS-PRR-2005-22): California Partners for Advanced transit and Highways (PATH).
Miele, J. A., & Marston, J. R., (2005), Tactile Map Automated Production (TMAP): Project Update And Research Summary. Proceedings of the CSUN 20th Annual International Conference, "Technology and Persons with Disabilities", Los Angeles, CA
Marston, J. R. (2004). Spatial knowledge Acquisition and the Blind: The Effect of Environmental Auditory Cues on Spatial Awareness. CVHI 2004 EURO-ASSIST-VHI-3, Proceedings of the Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment, Support Technologies for Independent Living and Work, Granada, Spain.
Marston, J.R., & Golledge, R. G. (2004) Quantitative And Qualitative Analysis Of Barriers To Travel By Persons With Visual Impairments And Its Mitigation Through Accessible Signage, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People, TRANSED 2004, Hamamatsu, Japan
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J., Zhou, J., Hickman, M., & Allen, G. (2003). Collaborative research: Individuals' spatial abilities and behavior in transportation networks (National Science Foundation Final Report No. BCS-0083110). Santa Barbara, CA: University of California Santa Barbara.
Marston, J. R. (2002). Towards an Accessible City: Empirical Measurement and Modeling of Access to Urban Opportunities for those with Vision Impairments, Using Remote Infrared Audible Signage. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R.G. (2001), Empirical Measurement of Barriers to Public Transit for the Vision-Impaired and the use of Remote Infrared Auditory Signage for Mitigation, Proceedings of the California State University Northridge Conference on Technology and Disability. Los Angeles, CA.
Marston, J .R., & Golledge, R. G. (2000) Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers to Independent travel for Blind and Vision Impaired: A Case for Auditory Signs. Final Report, University of California Berkeley: University of California Transportation Center, Grant # UCTC 65V430, June.
Golledge, R. G., & Marston, J. R. (1999) Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers to Independent travel for Blind and Vision Impaired Residents and Visitors. Final Report, University of California PATH Research Project, UCB-ITS-PDR-99-33, September.
Okunuki, K., Church, R., & Marston, J (1999) A Study on a System for Guiding of the Optimal Route with a Hybrid Network and Grid Data Structure. Papers and Proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association Japan, 8, 135-138 (Japanese).
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1999) Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled: Continuation Proposal. Final Report to the University of California Richmond Field Station PATH Division in fulfillment of Grant (MOU343) (65A0013), June.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1998) Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled: Auditory Signage and the Accessible City for Blind and Vision Impaired Traveler. California PATH Working Paper, UCB-ITS-PWP-98-18, Report for MOU 276, August.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (1998) Improving Transit Access for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Intellimotion, Research Updates in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Transit Research Issue, Vol. 7, No. 2, 4-11.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (1998). Removing functional barriers: Public transit and the blind and vision impaired, Proceedings of the 1997 Society for Disability Studies, 10th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1998) Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled. Final Report. University of California Achievement Field Station PATH Division Grant #MOU 276, February.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1996). The impact of information access on transit behavior of blind or vision impaired people. Research Conference Proceedings: Spatial Technologies, Geographic Information and the City (Technical Report 96-10): National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA).
Golledge, R. G., Costanzo, M. C., & Marston, J. R. (1996). Public transit use by non-driving disabled persons: The case of the blind and vision impaired (California PATH Working Paper UCB-ITS-PWP-96-1): Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH).
Golledge, R. G., Costanzo, C. M., & Marston, J. R. (1995). The mass transit needs of a non-driving disabled population (Final Report MOU167): University of California Richmond Field Station PATH Division.
Soot, S., Sen, A., Marston, J. & Thakuriah, P. (1995). Multiworker Household Travel Demand. In 1990 National Personal Transportation Survey Report Series, Demographic Special Reports, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, February
Marston, J. R., Walsh, J., Wertimier, K., & Yang, L. (1994, June 17). Complex trip chains and their effect on transit ridership. Paper presented at the Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research Proceedings at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Soot, S., Sen, A., Marston, J. R., & Thakuriah, P. (1994). Multiworker household travel demand (Demographic Special Reports HPM-40). Washington, DC: Office of Highway Management.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Marston, J. R., & Bentzen, B. L. (2012). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Assistive Travel and Wayfinding Devices for Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired. In R. Manduchi & S. Kurniawan (Eds.), Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision. Boca Raton, FL,: CRC Press, a Taylor & Francis Group.
Crandall, W. F., & Marston, J. R. (2012). Development, evaluation and lessons learned: A Case Study of Talking Signs® remote infrared audible signage (RIAS. In R. Manduchi & S. Kurniawan (Eds.), Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, a Taylor & Francis Group.
Bentzen, B.L. & Marston, J.R. (2010). Orientation Aids for Students with Vision Loss. In: W.R. Wiener, R.L. Welsh & B.B. Blasch (Eds.), Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, 3(1), 296-323.
Bentzen, B.L. & Marston, J.R. (2010). Teaching the Use of Orientation Aids for Orientation and Mobility. In: W.R. Wiener, R.L. Welsh & B.B. Blasch (Eds.), Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, 3(2), 315-351.
Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L., & Marston, J. R. (2007). Assisting wayfinding in visually impaired travelers. In G. L. Allen (Ed.), Applied spatial cognition: From research to cognitive technology. (pp. 179-203). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Marston, J.R., (2015, July 24-26 “Producing g Educational Materials and Maps Accessible for the Blind through Tactile and Audio Modalities” Project Demonstrations from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute RERC. Invited presentation for “Festival ADA: 25 Years of Disability Rights” presented by the Smithsonian Institution and The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Marston, J.R., (2015, June 10-14) “Research and Project Demonstrations from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute RERC” Invited exhibition presentation to the 35th annual conference of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA.) “New Frontiers in Assistive Technology” Denver, CO
Marston, J.R., (2014, June 11-14) “Overview of Research Projects from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute RERC”. Invited exhibition presentation to the 34th annual conference of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). “Racing Towards Excellence in AT” Indianapolis, IN
Marston, J.R., (2014, Jan 14) “New Research Directions from the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute”, Invited presentation to the Transportation Research Board Sub-Committee on Research for the Committee on Accessible Transportation, Washington D.C.
Marston, James R. (2013, Aug 9) “Workshop on Environmental Sensing Technologies for Visual Impairment (ESTVI 13)”. Invited discussant, The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Marston, James R. (2013, July 12) "Urban Accessibility Research and a Review of Technical Enhancements for Navigation and Wayfinding". Guest lecture presented to the Joint Meeting of the GMU Geoaccessibility Group and the Assistive Technology Initiative, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Marston, James R. (2013, July 11) "Modeling and Facilitating Access to Urban Areas for Vision and Mobility Impaired Individuals". Invited Lecture, CIVIC / Geoaccessibility Research Group, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Marston, J. R., (2013, April 9) Personal and Professional Reflections on Navigation and Spatial Cognition for People who are Visually Impaired, Presented in: “Community and Policy Leaders Discuss Case Studies of Older Drivers” Panel Workshop help on April 9th, 2013 as part of the Third Annual Bettye Rose Connell Distinguished Lecture Series. Sponsors: The Atlanta Department of Veteran Affairs Center of Excellence for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Emory University Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics and Center for Health in Aging
Marston, J.R., (2013, Jan 14) “Wayfinding at the Atlanta VA using RFID floors”, Invited presentation to the Transportation Research Board Sub-Committee on Research for the Committee on Accessible Transportation, Washington D.C.
Marston, J.R.., (2012, July 10). Increasing Independent Travel and Quality of Life for those with a Visual Impairment , Invited paper presented at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Marston, J.R., Griffiths, P.C., Stephen, K.., (2012, June 29) Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Challenging Behaviors with Veterans with Dementia. Invited Interactive Workshop Participant and Curriculum Development for Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Managing Challenging Behaviors in Atlanta Department of Veteran’s Affairs Dementia Care Committee and Employee Education Services Third Annual Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta GA.
Marston, J.R., (2012, Jan 16) “Update on Research at the Atlanta VA Center on Vision Loss,, Invited presentation to the Transportation Research Board Sub-Committee on Research for the Committee on Accessible Transportation, Washington D.C.
Marston, J.R., (2011, Jan 23) “Update on Research at the Atlanta VA Center on Vision Loss,, Invited presentation to the Transportation Research Board Sub-Committee on Research for the Committee on Accessible Transportation, Washington D.C.
Marston, J. R., (2010, January 12) Navigation and Wayfinding Assistive Devices for the Visually Impaired: Current Research from Smith Kettlewell, UC Santa Barbara, and the Atlanta VA. Invited presentation to the Technology Subcommittee of the Accessible Transportation and Mobility Committee, 88th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC
Marston, J.R.., (2009, May 27). Towards more robust experiments design, measures of efficacy, and user input, with possible implications for matching users and assistive technologies, Invited paper presented at the Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center of Excellence in Vision Loss, Atlanta, GA
Marston, J. R., (2009, May 7), Travel Planning, Independent Travel and Access to Transit for the Visually Impaired: Assistive Technologies in the United States, Invited presentation at the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Accessibility (ICTA 09), Hammamet, Tunisia
Marston, J. R., (2009, April 29), Travel and Wayfinding Assistance for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Research from the University of California, Santa Barbara, Invited presentation at the (ESSTT) University of Tunis. Tunisia
Marston, J. R., (2009, April 20), Considerations in Designing Research to Evaluate Wayfinding Technologies, Invited tutorial presentation at the Conference on Vision and Hearing Impairments (CVHI-09) Wroclaw, Poland
Marston, J. R., Golledge, R., G., Loomis, J. M, Klatzky, R. L., Giudice, N. A., (2009, March 6), Using Audio Cues to Enhance Navigation and Spatial Learning for the Blind, Invited presentation at the SOUND + SCIENCE Symposium, University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Marston, J.R., (2009, March 4), Enhancement of Spatial Cognition and Wayfinding for Vision- Impaired Travelers using Remote Infrared Audible Signage, Invited presentation at the ThinkSpatial Forum on Spatial Thinking, spatial@UCSB, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Marston, J. R., Miele, J. A., (2008, July 8), Criteria for Automated Large Print Map Production, Vision 2008 - The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal, Canada
Marston, J.R., Golledge, R. G., Loomis, J. M, Klatzky, R. L., Giudice, N. A., (2008, April 10) Substituting for Vision: Field Experiments with Several Orientation and Navigation Devices, Vision Research Seminar Series, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Marston, J.R., Golledge, R. G., Loomis, J. M, Klatzky, R. L., Giudice, N. A., (2008, April 9) Accessible and Portable Navigation Devices for the Blind: Interface Options, Atlanta Center for the Visually Impaired and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Marston, J.R., Golledge, R. G., Loomis, J. M, Klatzky, R. L., Giudice , N. A., (2008, April 9) . Substituting for Vision: Field Experiments with Several Orientation and Navigation Devices, Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center of Excellence in Vision Loss, Atlanta, GA
Loomis, J. M, Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L., Marston, J.R., Giudice,, N. A., (2008, April 1) Twenty years of research on the Personal Guidance System: What did we learn?, ThinkSpatial Forum on Spatial Thinking, spatial@UCSB, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
Marston, J. R., Miele, J. A., & Smith, E. L., (2007, August 7) Large Print Map Automated Production (LPMAP), Invited paper at the XXIII International Cartographic Conference, Moscow, Russia.
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (2007, August 7) Using Virtual Spatialized Output to Augment and Improve the User Interface of GPS Navigation Systems for People who are Blind, Invited paper at the XXIII International Cartographic Conference, Moscow, Russia.
Marston, J. R., Klatzky, R.L., Giudice, N.A., Loomis, J. M., & Golledge, R. G. (2007, April 19) Measuring Cognitive Load of Non-Visual Navigation Interfaces, Invited paper at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 104tth Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., & Klatzky, R.L. (2007, April 19), Wayfinding Without Sight: The Haptic Pointer Interface, Invited paper at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 104tthAnnual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Marston, J.R., (2006, Sept. 12) Spatial knowledge acquisition: Using technology, training, and techniques to enhance spatial learning for two special populations. Invited presentation at the International Conference on Spatial Cognition. Symposium: The cognition of geographic space and cognitive mapping in disabled, Rome and Perugia, Italy.
Marston, J.R. & Golledge, R. G., (2006, Sept 1) Using Remote Infrared Audible Cues to Increase Spatial Knowledge Acquisition for Persons Who are Blind or Visually Impaired in a Multimodal Transportation Environment. Invited "guest speaker" at the IEEE 2006 International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Session: Information-Based Support Technologies for Persons with Visual Disabilities, New York, NY
Marston, J.R., (2006, July 18) Public Transportation and Visually Impaired People: a Participatory Tutorial. Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment- Technology for Inclusion, CVHI 2006 EURO-ASSIST-VHI-4, Kufstein, Austria.
Marston, J.R. (February 21,2006) Improvising Access to Urban Opportunities and Transit with Location-based Remote Infrared Audible Signage (RIAS). Invited presentation at A Public Meeting To Discuss The Remote Infrared Audible Signage Model Accessibility Project (RIAS MAP): A National Access and Research Opportunity, The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, CA.
Marston, J., Long, R., Barlow, J., Golledge, R., May, M., Guth, D. (October 6, 2005) Increasing the Availability of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Information in Wayfinding Devices for Individuals Who are Blind. Invited presentation (by R. Long & J. Barlow) at the first World Congress on Blind Wayfinding Technology, Jernigan Institute National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD
Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L. & Marston, J. R., (October 6, 2005) Incorporating virtual sound and other spatial displays into the user interface of future blind navigation systems. Invited presentation (by J. Marston) at the first World Congress on Blind Wayfinding Technology, Jernigan Institute National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD
Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., Klatzky, R. L. & Marston, J. R., (October 6, 2005) User-centered design of assistive technology. Invited presentation (by J. Marston) at the first World Congress on Blind Wayfinding Technology, Jernigan Institute National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (April 1, 2005) Intuitive, egocentric, and personal navigation devices for the visually impaired: Field tests from outdoor and indoor environments. Invited presentation, The School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (March 11,2005) Intuitive and egocentric wayfinding for persons who are visually impaired: Experimental data from indoor and outdoor environments. Invited presentation at the Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (2005, January 10) Quantitative and qualitative analysis of barriers to travel by persons with visual impairments and its mitigation through accessible signage. Invited presentation for the session “The 10th Annual Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People: Best Practices” at the 84th Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (2004, November 1) Access solutions: Applying Geographic Techniques to Understand, Research, and Solve Problems of Access for Persons with Physical Disabilities. Invited presentation at the School of Social Sciences Workshop lecture series, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX.
Marston, J. R., (2004, October 13) Section 504, the ADA and Access to a University Education. Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.
Marston, J. R., (2004, July 22) Enabling Blind Pedestrian in the Public Right of Way and Public Transportation. Invited presentation at the American Public Transportation Association and Federal Transit Administration conference Linking Technology With Mobility for Seniors and People with Disabilities, San Francisco, CA
Marston, J. R., (2004, July 5). Barriers to Public Transportation: Empirical Data from Blind Users of a Multi-Modal Transit Terminal. Invited presentation at Spain’s National Council on Blindness (ONCE), sponsored by the Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, La Laguna University, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (2004, June, 30) Public Transportation and the Visually Impaired: Identification of Problems and Barriers, Measurements of Accessibility, and Technological Methods to Increase Usage and Travel Participation. Invited workshop presented at the Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment, Support Technologies for Independent Living and Work Granada, Spain
Marston, J. R., (2004, May, 31), Functional Barrier Identification and Spatial Knowledge Acquisition: Empirical Data from Blind Users of a Multi-Modal Transit Terminal. Invited presentation at Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai, Japan
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G., & Klatzky, R. L. (2004, May 20) Evolution of UCSB’s Personal Guidance System and GPS Technologies for the Blind. Invited presentation at the FY(2004) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry((METI) IT Barrier Free Project for Disable Person consortium project Standardizing Investigation Committee, Tokyo, Japan.
Marston, J. R., (2003, February, 20) Increasing Access to Urban Opportunities with Remote Infrared Audible Signage: A Multi-Modal Field Study. Invited presentation, Vision Loss in the 21st Century: Everybody’s Business, Beverley Hills, CA
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (2000, August 16) Towards an Accessible City: Removing Functional Barriers to Independent travel for Blind and Vision Impaired: A Case for Auditory Signs. Invited presentation, U.S. Access Board Public Rights of Way Access Advisory Committee, Meeting 4, San Francisco, California.
PRESENTATIONS
Marston, J. R., Ross, D. A., & Tyson, S. (2013). Environmental Learning with Audio/Tactile Maps. Paper presented at the CSUN 28th Annual International Conference, "Technology and Persons with Disabilities", San Diego, CA.
Lee, S., Sanford, J., Ross, D., & Marston, J. (2012, March 2). Evaluations of Low Vision Video Magnifiers. Paper presented at the 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, San Diego, CA.
Marston, J. R., Bentzen, B.L., Myer, L., Scott, A.C., Barlow, J.M., (2011, March 17) Evaluating Wayfinding Technologies for Blind or Visually Impaired People Paper presented at the 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN 2011), San Diego, CA.
Marston, J. M., (2010, November), Accessible Maps Customized for the Visually Impaired, paper presented at the Atlanta Foundation Fighting Blindness, Vision Seminar, Atlanta, GA,,
Marston, J. R., Cao, G., Brabyn, J. A. (2010, October 23) Evaluation of an Online Mapping Program with User-Defined Map Features for Persons with Low Vision, Paper presented at the FIRST EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON VISUAL IMPAIRMEN, Valladolid, Spain
Marston, J. R., Crandall, W. (2010, October 23) Providing Useful Accessible Information through Remote Infrared Audible Signage in a Complex Environment, Paper presented at the FIRST EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON VISUAL IMPAIRMEN, Valladolid, Spain
Lawson, M.A., Do, E.Y.L., Marston, J.R., Ross, D.A., Helping Hands versus ERSP Vision: Comparing Object Recognition Technologies for the Visually Impaired, proceedings of HCI International 2011, Volume 173, Part V, pp 383--388, 2011
Marston, J. R., Cao, G., Brabyn, J. A., Miele, J. A., (2010, April 18) Making Geographical Information Accessible for People with Low Vision, Paper presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C.
Marston, J. R., Cao, G., Brabyn, J. A., Miele, J. A., (2010, March 25) Accessible Geographical Information for People with Low Vision, Paper presented at the 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN 2010), San Diego, CA.
Myers, L., Scott, A.C., Bentzen, B.L., Marston, J.R., and Barlow, J.M. (2009, March 18). Evaluating wayfinding technologies – some considerations. Paper presented at the 24th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Marston, J.R., Klatzky, R. L., Giudice, N. A., Loomis, J. M, Golledge, R. G., (2008, July 9) Measuring Blind Users’ Cognitive Load when using various Navigation Interfaces, Vision 2008 - The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal, Canada
Marston, J.R., Golledge, R. G., (2008, July 7), Evaluation of performance efficacy of blind travelers using Remote Infrared Audible Signage (RIAS) in an urban multi-model transit terminal, Vision 2008 - The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal, Canada
Kulyukin, V., Nicholson, J., Ross, D., Marston, J., & Gaunet, F. (2008, March). The Blind Leading The Blind: Toward Collaborative Online Route Information Management by Individuals with Visual Impairments. Paper presented at the AAAI Social Information Processing Symposium, Palo Alto, CA.
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Klatzky, R. K., & Golledge, R. (2007). A haptic pointer interface for a personal guidance system. Paper presented at the Tactile Research Group Meeting. Specialty group of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G., (2007, August 7) Understanding Problems And Barriers To Transit Use By Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired poster session at the XXIII International Cartographic Conference, Moscow, Russia.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (2007, June 20) Identification of Environmental Barriers and Insecurities that Affect Independent Travel and Transit. Presented at TRANSED2007, 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People, "Benchmarking, Evaluation and Vision for the Future". Montreal, Canada
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R.L., (2006, March 10) Using Perceptual Displays including Virtual Sound to Augment the User Interface of GPS Navigation Systems for People who are Blind. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 102nd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Miele, J.A. & Marston, J. R. (2005, April 7,) Tactile Map Automated Production (TMAP): On-Demand Accessible Street Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers, Paper presented (by J. Miele) at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) 101st Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
Marston, J. R., ( 2005, April 5) Understanding problems and barriers to transit use by persons who are blind or visually impaired, Vision 2005, London, UK
Marston, J. R., Loomis, J. M., Golledge, R. G. & Klatzky, R.L. (2005, April 4) Improving the user interface of GPS navigation systems for blind people: spatialized displays that augment speech information, Vision 2005, London, UK
Miele, J. A., & Marston, J. R., (2005, March 16), Tactile Map Automated Production (TMAP): Project Update And Research Summary. Paper presented at CSUN 20th Annual International Conference, "Technology and Persons with Disabilities", Los Angeles, CA
Marston, J. R., (2004, July 2) Spatial Knowledge Acquisition And The Blind: The Effect Of Environmental Auditory Cues On Spatial Awareness. Paper presented at the Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment, Support Technologies for Independent Living and Work Granada, Spain
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (2004, May 25) Quantitative and qualitative analysis of barriers to travel by persons with visual impairments and its mitigation through accessible signage. Paper presented at TRANSED2004, 10th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People, Universal Transportation and Road Design: Strategies for Success, Hamamatsu, Japan
Marston, J. R., (2004, May 15) Disability and Accessibility: How do we quantify barriers to equal access and how do new technologies mitigate these barriers? 2004 University of California Presidents Fellows Spring Retreat, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Marston, J. R., (2004, April 15) Bridging the Gap Toward Independence: Talking Signs® as an Accessibility Aid for People with Age-Related Vision Impairments. 2004 Joint Conference of The National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging, San Francisco, CA.
Marston, J. R., (2004, March 18) Using Auditory Environmental Cues to Measure Spatial Learning Ability of the Blind. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 100th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Marston, J. R., & Church, R.L., (2004, January 13) A Relative Access Measure to Identify Barriers to Efficient Transit Use by Persons with Visual Impairments, Paper presented at the 83rd Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
Marston, J. R., (2003, November, 25) Analysis of Barriers to Travel by Persons with Visual Impairments: The Effects of Auditory Signage. 2nd International Conference on Spatial Cognition, University of Rome, Italy
Marston, J. R., (2001, September 16) Equal Access to Urban Opportunities: Measurement and Mitigation of Travel Barriers for People with Restrictive Vision. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) 64th Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, California.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R.G. (2001, March 20), Empirical Measurement of Barriers to Public Transit for the Vision-Impaired and the use of Remote Infrared Auditory Signage for Mitigation. Paper presented at CSUN 16th Annual International Conference, Technology and Persons with Disabilities, Los Angeles, CA.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R.G. (2001, March 3) Equal Access or Transit Subsidies, what does the ADA mandate? Limits to transit choice and activities (unequal access) and monetary trade-offs for equal access reported by the vision impaired. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 97th Annual Meeting in New York, New York.
Marston, J. R. (2001, Jan 3) Transit way finding and orientation for visually impaired. Paper presented (by Billie Bentzen) at the TRB Human Factors Workshop, Can You Catch the Bus? Pedestrian Access to Transit Stops, Washington, D.C.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R.G. (2000, April 6) Constricted Space and the Blind Traveler: Reduced Expectations and Limits to Travel and Activity Behavior. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 96th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G (1999, May 30) Equal Access to Transit? Blind Transit User's Evaluations of Remote Infrared Signage Systems, Paper presented at the Society for Disability Studies 12th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Marston, J., & Golledge, R. G. (1999, March 26). Learning spatial configurations using auditory cues: The use of a remote infrared signage system in an urban transit environment. 95th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, HI.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (1998, June 4) Toward an Accessible City: The Use of Auditory Signage for the Vision and Print Handicapped. Paper presented at the Society for Disability Studies 11th Annual Meeting in Oakland, CA
Marston, J. R., (1998, March 26) An Objective Measure to Identify Problematic Access Routes, ADA Advisory Committee, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R.G. (1998, March 26) Exploring terra incognita: Removing functional barriers for the blind traveler using auditory signs. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 94th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C. M. (1998, February). Assistive Devices and Services for the Disabled: Auditory Signage and the Accessible City for Blind and Vision Impaired Travelers. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at the University of California Richmond Field Station PATH Division in fulfillment of Grant (MOU276) Berkeley, CA.
Golledge, R. G., & Marston, J. R., (1997, October 28) Emerging Technologies for Making Cities Accessible to Disabled Persons: The Case of the Blind or Vision Impaired, Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at Bureau of Transportation Statistics Seminar, Emerging Technologies for Making Cities Accessible to Disabled Persons, Washington, D.C.
Golledge, R. G., & Marston, J. R., (1997, August 9) Talking Signs and the Accessible City, Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at PATH Conference, Richmond Field Station, Berkeley, CA.
Golledge, R. G., & Marston, J. R., (1997, July 30 - August 19) Talking Signs and the Accessible City. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and at GISCO in Adelaide.
Marston, J. R., & Golledge, R. G. (1997, May 23). Removing functional barriers: Public transit and the blind and vision impaired. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Marston, J. R., Golledge, R. G., & Costanzo, C.M. (1997, April 2) Travel Behavior and Transit use by the Blind and Vision Impaired. Association of American Geographers (AAG) 93rd Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, TX.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C.M. (1997, January) Use of Mass Transit by Non-driving Disabled People.Invited talk presented (by R. Golledge) at the University of California at Davis
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C.M. (1996, Nov) Activity Patterns and Transit Use by a Blind or Vision Impaired Population. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at the Regional Science Association International 43rd Annual North American Meeting, Washington, DC
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C.M., (1996, Sept) The Impact of Information Access on Travel Behavior of Blind and Vision Impaired People. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at the Spatial Technologies, Geographic Information, and the City, an NCGIA sponsored research Conference, Baltimore, MD
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C.M., (1996, Sept) The Use of Public Transit by a Disabled Population: The case of the Blind and Vision Impaired. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at the Geography Department, George Mason University, Washington, DC.
Golledge, R. G., Marston, J. R., & Costanzo, C.M., (1996, April) Assistive Technologies to Assist the Mass Transit Needs of Blind or Vision Impaired People: Talking Signs and Verbal Landmarks. Paper presented (by R. Golledge) at University of Melbourne, Australia.
Golledge, R. G., Costanzo, C. M., & Marston, J. R. (1995, October 29-November 1). Why don't disabled people use public transit? Paper presented (by J. Marston) at INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), New Orleans, LA.