Ritesh Kanchi
CS & HCI PhD Student @Harvard University
Harvard UniversityI research how people and computers understand user interfaces—and develop intelligent systems to bridge accessibility gaps and support meaningful interface use. As an HCI researcher and educator, I explore how intentional and inclusive design empowers people in their everyday interactions—working with communities across my research, teaching, and service.
Featured research
arXiv 2026 • paper
Coral: Contextual Gists for Blind and Low Vision Screen Reader Users’ Understanding of Dynamic Interfaces
Ritesh Kanchi, Jianna So, and Krzysztof Z. Gajos
Preprint
SIGCSE TS 2027 • paper
Understanding Computing Instructors’ Perceptions of Student Sense of Belonging
Ritesh Kanchi, Teresa Luo, Alex Oesterling, and Sam Grunebaum
MobileCHI 2026 • paper
Deploying an AI-Powered Creative Visual Interpretation Tool to Foster Connections in Mixed Visual-Ability Groups
Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, Ritesh Kanchi, Chris Sanders, Kevin Xiao, Jon E. Froehlich, and Jacob O. Wobbrock
Some of my work
STEMpump for iOS
An app designed to help students learn what they want, how they want
ARUW Prism
An internal platform to classify and manage robot vision data
Anchor
A collaborative writing platform with context-aware and assistive AI
Arboretum
A system for creating, transforming, and rendering accessible data structure representations