Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
Northeastern University Visiting Scholar
Nevada City, California, USA
I’m a long-time Wikipedia editor (since 2007) and administrator (since 2009). I’ve created more than 5,000 new articles on Wikipedia, including more than 1,400 biographies about notable women. I am also a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University (Boston); Vice-president of Wikimedia District of Columbia; member of the Board of Advisors for Coalition for Women in Journalism; and the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Affiliations Committee. In 2015, I co-founded Wiki Women in Red, an international, multi-language initiative devoted to increasing the quantity and quality of articles related to women (biographies, women’s works, women’s issues) on Wikipedia. Women in Red was shortlisted for the ITU/UN Women GEM-TECH award (2016) in support of its work in applying technology for women’s empowerment and digital inclusion. I was named the Wikipedian of the Year (2016) for my efforts to combat harassment on Wikipedia and increase its coverage of notable women. In 2018, I was knighted by Serbia in part because of my Wikipedia work. I hold a Master’s degree from California State University San Marcos, and a graduate certificate from University of California San Diego.