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Format Editor, Portland State University Graduate School
In my two-year Graduate Assistantship as Format Editor, I reviewed over 200 theses and dissertations for adherence to the university formatting requirements.
Supported the format review process for graduate programs with theses and dissertations by communicating results to master’s and doctoral candidate, managing submissions via ProQuest Administrator & Graduate Academic Services database, researching tools for specific operating system formatting, and improving existing Graduate School website formatting content
Also co-hosted format review events, creating & presenting content
Research:
Considering Accessible Text Formatting and Layout Design in Print Format Children’s Publishing
Children’s publishing can utilize text formatting and layout design, through aspects such as font size, line spacing, and layout simplicity, to support readers with cognitive and visual disabilities like dyslexia by adjusting these aspects to make print format children’s books more accessible.
Print format children’s books already feature intentional text layout design such as a larger font size or wider line spacing by nature of the small word count and target audience.
This paper combines extensive research on accessible text formatting and layout design for children’s publishing with multiple case studies to exemplify accessible title text formatting and layout simplicity for intentional accessible children’s book design.
These accessible accommodations for print children’s books benefit young readers with print disabilities as well as a wider audience.
Publishers can adapt the text formatting and layout efforts already utilized in print format children’s publishing to also consider accessibility, taking into account the accommodations necessary, to understand what would make a title’s formatting accessible.
Allison Baker, Almost 30