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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