User:Klcurrivan/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Alisa LaGamma https://w.wiki/9k3C

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I was surprised at how little information was on Alisa LaGamma's page. There is a lot to talk about with her and much to know that is not here. It also is a lower rated article so I figured it was good to look at.

Evaluate the article
The first sentence of this article states what LaGamma's job is which is a fine start. The second sentence state where she received her Phd, Columbia University, and the name of her thesis. Next we learn that she won the Iris Award for Outstanding Scholarship of the Bard Graduate Center in 2012. The last thing said is the name of the exhibit she curated at the Met. This is the only information in the article.

This is all good information and definitely is important in understanding who Alisa LaGamma is but there is so much more information to be added to this article. She is a living person so adding the most accurate information is very important. There are no images but plenty are available online so adding one or two of her would be helpful to getting. better idea of who she is.

Information that should be added to the article include


 * 1) Where she's from (Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo), daughter of a U.S. foreign service officer
 * 2) She lived in Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Senegal, Nigeria, Togo, and South Africa throughout her life
 * 3) Where she received her undergrad (University of Virginia in 1988)
 * 4) She also received her masters at the same school she received her Phd, 1995,  (Columbia University)
 * 5) She served as Chair of the Metropolitan’s Forum of Curators, Conservators, and Scientists (2009-2010)
 * 6) She is a member of the editorial board of the journal African Arts

The talk page has this article listed as Stub-Class. It is "of interest" to four WikiProjects. These include Biography: Science and Academia, Visual Arts, Women, and Women Writers.

The information that is in the article is good, the issue is that there isn't much of it. Everything there is accurate but it is upsetting to see how little information there is when so much information about Alisa LaGamma is available online.