Forwarded in the hope you can help by personally participating in the
survey (if you are a woman!) and/or share it with your networks. Thanks,
Kerry


Greetings,

My name is Leigh Gruwell, and I am a doctoral student at Miami University
in Oxford, OH. I am also a Wikipedia contributor and I value Wikipedia as
an incredible collective resource. I study writing, and am interested in
how gender impacts contributions to online spaces such as Wikipedia. I am
writing you today to ask for your help. For my doctoral dissertation, I’d
like to survey and interview women who contribute to Wikipedia in order to
better understand their experiences. By sharing my research with the
Wikimedia Foundation, it is my hope that Wikipedia may become an even more
inclusive space.
If you are interested in participating, you may access the survey here [
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6HFC3SD]. The survey should take about 15
minutes to complete, and participation involves minimum risk. You may also
choose to participate in an interview with me. These interviews would last
about 30-45 minutes and would be conducted via Skype, telephone, IM, or
email. Participation involves minimal risk. I value your privacy and will
take every precaution ensure confidentiality. I will not track IP
addresses, and all data will be stored securely. My university does require
that participants sign a consent form, but real names (or Wikipedia user
names) will never be used in my research unless you would like to be
identified. If you are interested in participating in an interview, please
email me ([email protected]) or send me a message on Wikipedia (my
username is Lcg04c).
For more information about my study including the informed consent
document, please visit this page: [
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Women_and_Wikipedia:_Contributions_in_a_Collaborative_Online_Space].
You may also feel free to contact me with any additional questions.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,

Leigh Gruwell

Doctoral Student
English Department
Miami University, Oxford Ohio
[email protected]
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