Wiki Education Foundation

Wiki Education Foundation
Location
  • San Francisco, California,
    United States
Key people
Executive Director:
Frank Schulenburg
Chair, Board of Directors:
PJ Tabit
Websitewikiedu.org

The Wiki Education Foundation (sometimes abbreviated Wiki Ed or Wiki Education) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.[1] It runs the Wikipedia Student Program, which promotes the integration of Wikipedia into coursework by educators in Canada and the United States.[2][3]

History

The Wikipedia Student Program was started by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2010, then called the Public Policy Initiative.[4] The Wiki Education Foundation incorporated in 2013, a process that the Wikimedia Foundation began in 2012 to give the education program "more focused and specialized support" and to "develop additional programs to promote academic research and teaching that engage with Wikipedia".[3] It has been granted 501(c)(3) charity status.[3][5]

In February 2014, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and Wiki Education Foundation announced the hiring of Frank Schulenburg, who had formerly served as senior director of programs at WMF, as the organization's first executive director.[3]

Leadership

Schulenburg has served as executive director since February 2014. Diana Strassmann formerly led the board of directors,[6][7] PJ Tabit having become the chair in 2017.[8][9] Robert Cummings, director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, also serves on the board.[10] Adrianne Wadewitz (1977–2014), a Wikipedian, had served on the inaugural board.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "QA Frank Schulenburg announcement February 2014". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation. February 12, 2014. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Monterrey, Carlos (February 12, 2014). "Frank Schulenburg named executive director of Wiki Education Foundation". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Press releases/Frank Schulenburg named executive director of new WEF". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation. February 12, 2014. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. ^ Rankin, Kelly (26 October 2011). "Wikipedia goes to university | University of Toronto". www.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  5. ^ "Exempt Organizations Select Check: Wiki Education Foundation". Internal Revenue Service. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "People, papers and presentations". Rice News. Houston, Texas: Rice University. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "Diana Strassmann". University of Chicago Law School. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  8. ^ "Our Board". Wiki Ed. Archived from the original on Mar 1, 2024.
  9. ^ Davis, LiAnna (10 November 2020). "How helping others edit Wikipedia changes lives". Wiki Ed. Archived from the original on Dec 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Visiting Research Fellows: Associate Professor Robert Cummings". University of Sydney School of Letters Arts and Media. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  11. ^ Garrison, Lynsea (April 7, 2014). "How can Wikipedia woo women editors?". BBC. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  12. ^ Dunican, Rod (April 10, 2014). "Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz". Wikimedia Foundation. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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