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Diverse science teams do better research that is more highly cited, more impactful, more reflective of the societies it serves. However, the representation of women scientists in America – and around the world – is still extraordinarily low. Join the Language Curricula & Gender Global Working Group at the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Council on Language Instruction for a talk with Dr. Jessica Wade about the importance of the awareness of the universality of (historic and present) scientific contributions for global human development. Dr. Wade has written more than 2,100 biographical entries in Wikipedia on women scientists to highlight their contributions to science and raise the profile of minorities in STEM. She will discuss her efforts to increase visibility of scientists from historically marginalized groups through her biographical entries on Wikipedia.

Following her talk, Dr. Wade will present a short interactive segment on using Wikipedia as well as suggestions on how to work with Wikipedia biographies in the language classroom. A reception will follow the program.