User:Aaronshaw

This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Spring_2025).

This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter).

This user is an instructor for the course Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Northwestern_University/Online_Communities_and_Crowds_(Fall_2016).

Welcome to my user page!

Aaron Shaw

About me

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and a Faculty Associate of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. You can find more information about me on my website.

Research & teaching

I conduct research and teach classes about topics like Wikipedia and other kinds of large-scale online collaboration. My current undergraduate class, Online Communities & Crowds, includes a series of Wikipedia assignments and has an Education Program course page. I also participated in the Cambridge-area Wikipedia reading group during 2010-2011 and organized the Inaugural Chicagoland WikiResearch Hackathon in Fall, 2013. I edit the encyclopedias and other projects intermittently.

Contact

Please get in touch with a talk page message or via email (see my website for details) if you have any questions. Since my students are editing Wikipedia (and maybe other projects too) in the context of my course, I am also happy to talk about any concerns or feedback you may have related to their work. Note that the Education Noticeboard is a good place to voice more general questions or concerns about these sorts of activities.