Jane Sancinito is Assistant Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is an ancient historian, focusing on merchants, artisans and working people in the Roman Empire, a numismatist, studying ancient coinage, and a specialist in the concept of greed in the pre-modern world. I never considered myself much of a Wikipedia editor. I … Continued
Jennifer Lynn Stoever is an Associate Professor of English at Binghamton University, Editor-in-Chief of Sounding Out!, and author of The Sonic Color Line (NYU Press). She is an interdisciplinary scholar who researches the role of sound in constructing racial identities. Her current book-in-progress details how Black women and their record collections were fundamental to the … Continued
Dr. Jennifer Bernstein is Editor-in-Chief of the University of California Press journal “Case Studies in the Environment” and adjunct faculty at Texas Tech and Tarleton State Universities. A Graduate-level Wikipedia editing assignment in Environmental Studies Course: ENVS 5185: Research and Writing in Environmental Studies (Tarleton State University) Enrollment: 18 graduate students Final reflections analyzed: 16 … Continued
Professor Katie Holt holds the Alieen Dunham Chair in History at The College of Wooster. I’ve long been an advocate for teaching with Wikipedia as a pedagogical approach to help students strengthen their information literacy skills. The guided trainings provided by Wiki Education help students think about how to critically evaluate different sources of information. … Continued
Dr. La’Tonya Rease Miles teaches graduate students in the Santa Clara University Department of Education Leadership. She first incorporated a Wikipedia assignment in spring 2023. I am a proud first-generation college graduate, and my research focuses on narratives and media representations of the first-generation college experience. But I didn’t fully connect with my first-gen identity … Continued
Con B. Trumbull is the archivist and assistant trainmaster of the Nevada Northern Railway. Like many, my Wikipedia journey started as a casual user, quickly looking up facts and figures to answer a question. Though I knew that the platform was user-generated and could be edited freely, I had no understanding of what the process … Continued
Dean Allbritton is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Colby College, where he teaches courses on Spanish visual culture, illness, and gender and sexuality. He also serves as Director of the Center for the Arts and Humanities at Colby College and Executive Director of the New England Humanities Consortium. When I introduce the idea of … Continued
Rachel Miller, PhD is an associate professor of art history at California State University, Sacramento. When assigning art history research papers, a question from students that I always dread is “How many sources do I have to use?” I’ve tried out different responses, from a curt “As many as you need” to a lengthy explanation … Continued
What’s it like to learn to edit Wikipedia? Librarian Kelly Omodt at the University of Idaho Library reflects on her path from newcomer to contributor as a Wiki Scholars course participant. My introduction to Wikipedia, like most school kids, was a warning to never use the site for serious research. Imagine my surprise while reading … Continued
