Vicki Hanson has been working on issues of inclusion for older adults and disabled people throughout her career, first as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and later at the IBM Research Division in 1986 and then as a Professor at the University of Dundee in Scotland and the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

Significant recognition

• Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2020
• Distinguished Alumni, University of Oregon, July, 2017
• Honorary Doctor of Science, Newcastle University, July, 2017
• President, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), 2016 – 2018
• ACM CHI Academy, May, 2017
• Visiting Professor, Digital Science Institute, Lancaster University, 2017
• Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2013
• Fellow, ACM, 2004
• Fellow CITP, British Computer Society, 2009
• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2009
• Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility Award, ACM SIGACCESS, 2014
• Anita Borg Woman of Vision Award for Social Impact, 2013
• Notable Women in Computing” Playing Cards – Ace of Clubs, see https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jessidg/notable-women-in-computing-card-deck/posts/1060182