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Editorial board application of Thomas Shafee
Thomas Shafee PhD, MA(cantab) (website)
Areas of expertise: Biochemistry, genetics, bioinformatics, evolution
Relevant experience:
- Professional - I've no humanities experience. Since my expertise aren't relevant to the journal's scope, I would operate as an adviser only and not make editorial decisions.
- Publishing - I've been on the Wiki.J.Med editorial board for over a year, particularly focusing on formatting and expansion. I also run the Topic Page review format for PLOS Genetics. I hope to therefore be helpful in getting the journal up and running based on these experiences.
- Open - I have been active on Wikipedia since 2013 and have helped to bring a few articles to GA and FA status. I teach Wikipedia editing workshops for academics (PDF) and I've also helped organise an extended editathon on biographies of women Antarctic researchers.
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 02:10, 21 October 2017 (UTC) (UTC)
Support - This is a worthwhile endeavor. Thanks for taking it on. Barbara (WVS) (discuss • contribs) 18:23, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Penny Richards
Penny Richards PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: women's history, historical geography, education, disability studies
Relevant experience:
- Professional - research, editing, teaching; Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women, 1999-2015; since 2015, Research Assistant Professor, History and Disability Studies, University at Buffalo
- Publishing - Currently on review board for Disability Studies Quarterly; editorial board, Encyclopedia of American Disability History (2009).
- Open - Wikipedia, The Wikipedia Library; I also maintain the Pinterest presence for WikiProject Women in Red, and help with the Wikipedia LA twitter presence
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Penny Richards (discuss • contribs) 04:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 20:49, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - it's wonderful to see this start up. Barbara (WVS) (discuss • contribs) 18:22, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Great academic background and useful experience in publishing. Experience with social media will also be highly useful. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Susan Barnum
Susan Barnum MLIS (website)
Areas of expertise: Library science, Women's history
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Research, editing, outreach, editor retention
- Publishing -
- Open - Admin on en Wikipedia
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Megalibrarygirl (discuss • contribs) 17:17, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 20:50, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - We keep running into each other! What a pleasure. I hope to submit some women's' studies articles. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) (discuss • contribs) 18:24, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - A knowledgeable librarian, and very experienced Wikipedian to have on the board. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Jackie Koerner
Jackie Koerner PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: Education, Qualitative Research
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Research and design, teaching, outreach, curriculum development
- Publishing -
- Open - Contributor to Wikipedia, Wikipedia Visiting Scholar focusing on bias and disability, researcher of bias on Wikipedia
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Jackiekoerner (discuss • contribs) 17:28, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 20:51, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
- Support - I am optimistic about your oversight of this publication. Barbara (WVS) (discuss • contribs) 18:26, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - A great breadth of knowledge across academia, education, and Wikipedia. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Mikael Häggström
Mikael Häggström M.D. (website)
Areas of expertise: Sorry for being a bit late for the provisional membership. Anyways, I created the first WikiJournal, WikiJournal of Medicine, on which subsequent WikiJournals are now based. Although I don't have formal expertise in humanities, and rather limited time due to my other duties, I can help in matters such as setting up the Domain name and contact email of the journal, as well as helping out in managing doi codes for articles.
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Medical
- Publishing - Creator and editor-in-chief of WikiJournal of Medicine, board member of WikiJournal of Science
- Open - Master Editor of Wikipedia
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 20:00, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Mikael has been an invaluable asset to the WikiJournal initiative, founding Wiki.J.Med and supporting the development of the wider concept of WikiJournals as a publishing format. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Gilles Sahut
Gilles Sahut Ph D (website)
Areas of expertise: Information literacy, Library and information science, Media studies, Education
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Research and teaching (University of Toulouse, France), librarian
- Publishing - Reviewing for academic journals
- Open - Wikipedian in french Wikipedia since 2007
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Gilles.Sahut (discuss • contribs) 12:51, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! You also do not have to reveal your alias or username on fr:Wikipedia, if different from your name here! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 01:34, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
- - My username on fr:Wikipedia is Mungopark Mungopark (discuss • contribs) 17:20, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - An excellent breadth of experience in information literacy in a variety of formats. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:11, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Frances Di Lauro
Frances Di Lauro PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: arts, humanities, social sciences, archaeology, religion, rhetoric
Relevant experience:
- Professional - research, teaching, pedagogy (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Publishing - co-editor Wikistudies journal; editorial board, Journal of Academic Language and Learning; and Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education; reviewer, Sydney University Press
- Open - Wikipedia 5 years
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Fcia0423 (discuss • contribs) 11:34, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 14:28, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Substantial experience and expertise in both humanities and wiki-related publishing. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 21:07, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Diverse expertise in a range of relevant activities. Very in-depth knowledge of relevant issues via the Wikistudies journal. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:07, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Dennis C. Abrams
Dennis C. Abrams JD, BA (website)
Areas of expertise: Law and linguistics
Relevant experience:
- Professional - I've been an admitted attorney since 2016.
- Publishing - I've served as a Staff Editor and Associate Editor on the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal[1] and an editor for Center for Art Law.[2]
- Open - I've been an editor on both Wikipedia and Genius[3] (formerly Rap Genius) for a few years now.
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. 2604:2000:2C01:6000:A597:993F:DD1D:8BD4 (discuss) 20:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Great knowledge and experience to add to the board. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:04, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 22:42, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Provisional editorial board created
The Wiki.J.Hum. bylaws will soon be ratified, so in the meantime, the above will form the provisional board. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:04, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Bylaws ratified
The Wiki.J.Hum. bylaws have now been ratified and brought into effect. Subsequent board member additions will occur after 7-day waiting periods for existing board members to voice their opinions. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:09, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Anne McClanan
Anne McClanan PhD (Art History, Harvard), M.A. Johns Hopkins (website)
Areas of expertise: Art History, Medieval and Byzantine Studies
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Research, teaching
- Publishing - Have published several books, numerous articles and reviews
- Open - have been teaching Wikipedia-based research projects for years, described here https://wikiedu.org/blog/2017/06/20/wikipedia-in-the-art-history-classroom/
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. AMcClanan (discuss • contribs) 22:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - good to have you aboard! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 05:22, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- Support - The experience with wikipedia in education seems especially valuable. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 00:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Bienvenue. Welcome.--Gilles.Sahut (discuss • contribs) 08:58, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Denniscabrams (discuss • contribs) 14:04, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Penny Richards (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Status: Accepted to board. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 02:06, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Eystein Thanisch
Eystein Thanisch PhD (Edinburgh), MSc (Edinburgh), MA (Cantab.) (website)
Areas of expertise: Celtic Studies; medieval history and literature; manuscript studies; textual criticism; corpus linguistics
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Freelance editing; university teaching; software development; crisis management simulation; language corpus construction
- Publishing - 5 submissions of articles to peer-reviewed journals, 2 successful; 3 guest blogposts; as a freelance editor, prepared around 10 articles and monographs for publication
- Open - I am a wikipedia editor and I have done substantial work on around 6 articles.
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Eystein Thanisch (discuss • contribs) 16:54, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Bienvenue. Welcome.--Gilles.Sahut
- Support - Denniscabrams (discuss • contribs) 14:05, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Penny Richards (discuss • contribs) 14:50, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - An in-depth knowledge of medieval history, as well as useful breadth in editorial work (Note: I know Eystein from our University undergraduate). T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk
Status: Accepted to board. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 16:50, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Rachel Helps
Rachel Helps unfinished MA (website)
Areas of expertise: American literature; Mormon history; Mormon artists; Editing
Relevant experience:
- Professional - ~2 years of experience as the Harold B. Lee Library's Coordinator of Wikipedia Initiatives.
- Publishing -
- Open - Many DYK nominations and a few GAs. See my User page for details.
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Rachel Helps (BYU) (discuss • contribs) 18:58, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Bienvenue. Welcome.--Gilles.Sahut
- Support - Penny Richards (discuss • contribs) 14:51, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Support - Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 15:37, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
Status: Accepted to board. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 16:50, 28 December 2017 (UTC)