Jan Majewski

Jan Majewski

Jan Majewski joined the Institute for Human Centered Design in January 2014. As the Director of Cultural and Educational Projects there, she works with museums and design firms in the planning stages of exhibitions to evaluate the accessibility of proposed designs and content and to problem-solve solutions that will move the exhibitions to the level of Universal Design. Jan is also involved in an IHCD comprehensive study on accessibility and universal design of programs for a top U.S. university. From 2001 to 2014, Jan was an Accessibility Specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice. There she worked on issues of museum accessibility, accessible technology, collaboration between the disability and business communities, and ADA technical assistance. She was also part of the Disability Rights Section team that redesigned the Department’s ADA technical assistance website, ADA.gov, and its teams that wrote and designed ADA technical assistance materials.