Grants:IEG/WISAM at Loyola University Chicago

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project:

WISAM at Loyola University Chicago

project contact:

keilanawikigmail.com

participants:

Keilana

summary:

A regular series of workshops with the Women in Science and Math at LUC, focusing on women scientist biographies.

2013 round 2

Project idea

I have seen some parts of Wikipedia summed up as "men writing about men", and this is borne out by the serious gender gap and the systemic bias against biographies of women (and other topics related to women). I have partnered with the Women in Science and Math group at Loyola University Chicago where I am a student to host a series of workshops to teach women students of science and mathematics how to edit Wikipedia and provide a regular space for them to contribute to biographies of women and women's topics, with the added bonus of free food.

Project goals

This project will focus on recruiting new women editors (the club is all-female), reducing Wikipedia's systemic bias against women (by teaching these young women to write biographies of women, mostly scientists), and retaining these women editors (by hosting monthly workshops, giving busy women a dedicated time and place to edit).

Project plan

Scope:

Scope and activities

I will be working with the club's leadership to set up a space for these workshops and to provide food and reliable sources for the attendees.

Tools, technologies, and techniques

Outreach to women, edit-a-thon style workshop.

Budget:

Total amount requested

$700 USD

Budget breakdown

• Printing fees and distribution costs (tape, thumbtacks) for Wikipedia educational materials - $50
• Food for 6 workshops
  • Pizza or equivalent $60
  • drinks $20
  • coffee and tea $20
• Miscellaneous costs including cleanup supplies and travel expenses for setup - $50

Total - $700 for all events, or $116 per event

Intended impact:

Target audience

College-aged women will be brought into the project and involved in the efforts to reduce systemic bias.

Fit with strategy

Increasing Participation (more women) and Improving Quality (more/better content about women)

Sustainability

I hope that a series of editing workshops can be held each academic year at LUC, and that different scopes will be explored and different groups of people involved.

Measures of success

1. Consistent participation of women in these workshops
2. Quality content being created (biographies of women)
3. Content taken through processes like DYK, GAN, and FAC

Participant(s)

1. Keilana - I'm an undergraduate molecular biology student at Loyola. I have experience running editing workshops for the scientific community and extensive experience writing about women scientists on English Wikipedia.

Discussion

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