“Knowledge gaps are just often pieces of information that haven’t become yet visible, so when we’re able to take it out of the invisible and share it with the public, I think that’s a really special thing.” -Edith Chang, third year student at the University of Southern California And that’s exactly what Chang accomplished when … Continued
In the 1950’s, the Canadian government set forth a campaign that resulted in the mass expulsion of federal workers, military members, and police force members that identified as or were suspected of being part of the LGBTQ+ community. The institutional persecution of LGBTQ+ people in Canada is known as the Gay Purges and spanned almost … Continued
Spring 2023 is the first term that I helped oversee from start to finish as a Wikipedia Expert. It is fitting that it be the first term that I summarize for the Wiki Education blog! Usually, I am focused on reviewing thousands of student contributions, but it is always a mind boggling experience when I … Continued
As one of Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Experts, my interactions with students in our Student Program are usually limited to the talk pages of Wikipedia. However, a couple of weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the class of Alma López, a visual artist and lecturer with the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o … Continued
