I am the OCLC Wikipedian-in-Residence from 2017-18. I am communication scholar passionate about media and information literacy. I have masters' degrees in gender studies, from the Central European University, and in communication, from UC San Diego, where I'm currently completing my doctorate. I lived in Budapest, Hungary for four years and have spent time in Central and Eastern Europe, and Istanbul, Turkey, where I studied Turkish. I love to read, widely. I've been engaged with Wikipedia in various ways since 2012. My volunteer username is Shameran81.
My work
I'm working with the WebJunction team at OCLC on Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together. We have been building bridges between Wikipedia and U.S. public libraries by designing and delivering educational learning opportunities for public library staff, foregrounding the why before the how in order enable library staff to meaningfully and confidently incorporate Wikipedia into their programming. Equally, I'm focused on raising the profiles of public libraries and their professional communities within the Wikipedia community.
