User:Skvader

I'm an occasional editor with interests in library history, roadside attractions, and the inclusion of more women in Wikipedia.

From January-June 2021 I worked as a Digital Collections Wikimedian-in-Residence through the University of Nevada Las Vegas as part of the WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot. I'm currently a librarian with Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University. If there are any concerns with my edits, please get in touch.

Learn more about my namesake, the skvader.

I've created over 170 articles, mostly biographies. Wikipedia editing is a great way to make following rabbit holes into a hobby that's productive for society. I've also created zines based on the research I've done for Wikipedia articles.

One of my areas of interest is improving the representation of D/deaf history in Wikipedia, although I am a hearing person. List of deafblind people I've added to Wikipedia:
 * Vasile Adamescu
 * Arnaud Balard
 * Anindya Bhattacharyya
 * Satoshi Fukushima
 * Georgia Griffith (educator)
 * James Hanlon (medical doctor)
 * Morrison Heady
 * Marie Heurtin
 * Richard Kinney
 * Gerrit van der Mey
 * Tani Sanzan
 * Elsa Sjunneson
 * Thomas Stringer (carpenter)

List of deaf people I've added to Wikipedia:
 * Angeline Fuller Fischer
 * Gertrude Scott Galloway
 * Jack R. Gannon
 * Agatha Tiegel Hanson
 * Petra Fandrem Howard
 * Yvonne Pitrois
 * Emerson Romero
 * Nansie S. Sharpless
 * Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn
 * Mary S. Washburn
 * Blanche Wilkins Williams
 * Dorothy Stanton Wise

Other new articles related to Deaf culture:
 * Museum of Deaf History, Arts and Culture
 * National Deaf Life Museum
 * Protactile