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Fighting Wikipedia’s Biases

UT history professor Daina Berry spearheads an initiative to redress the homogeneity of Wikipedia’s editors. Dr. Berry, together with undergraduate students in her course, Black Women in America, partnered with Wiki Education to recruit under-represented communities, particularly African American women, to revise Wikipedia articles.

Project Details:

Principal Researcher
Daina Berry , Professor
Department
Department of History
Other People Involved in Project

Daina Berry

Intended Audience

General Public, University Students

Project Keywords

#public history, African American Students, Wikipedia, Women, Women's History

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