Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory Fall 2012

Course information

 * University: Northeastern University
 * Course title: Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory
 * Professor name: Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett
 * Professor's Wikipedia username:
 * Course start date: Fall 2012
 * Assignment due date:

Course description
Both educators and students working with the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University will be editing both existing and new Wikipedia pages on emotion and affective science. This project will function much differently from the typical courses that participate in the Ambassador program because the laboratory does not operate like a typical class.

Please note that this project is editing at a much different pace from many of the other classes, as the lab is not limited to the semester time limit and is working on many other projects than this.

Wikipedia assignment

 * Week 1 (9/16–9/22)
 * Find a topic and identify 2–3 key sources.


 * Week 2 (9/23–9/29)
 * Read key sources and draft a few sentences.
 * Have Wikipedia account set up by 9/29.


 * Week 3 (9/30–10/6)
 * Add 2–3 sentences to your sandbox (at meeting).
 * Attend at least one of the Wikipedia meetings (10/2 at 3pm or 10/3 at 12pm).


 * Week 4 (10/7–10/13)
 * Work on draft with team lead; be prepared to come to meeting with more edits.
 * Attend at least one of the Wikipedia meetings (10/9 at 3pm or 10/10 at 12pm).


 * Weeks 5–8 (10/14–11/10)
 * Work on draft with team leads.


 * Week 9 (11/11–11/17)
 * Have GorillaWarfare review your draft in your sandbox (at meeting).
 * Attend at least one of the Wikipedia meetings (11/13 at 3pm or 11/14 at 12pm).


 * Weeks 10–11
 * Work on draft with team leads.


 * Week 12 (12/2–12/8)
 * Send articles live (at meeting)!
 * Attend at least one of the Wikipedia meetings (12/4 at 3pm or 12/5 at 12pm).

Student usernames

 * — Electrogastrogram
 * — James–Lange theory
 * — Emotion classification
 * — Face perception
 * — Separation anxiety disorder
 * — Affective neuroscience
 * — Evolution of schizophrenia
 * — Face perception
 * — Separation anxiety disorder
 * — Affective neuroscience
 * — Evolution of schizophrenia
 * — Evolution of schizophrenia

Student resources
For on-wiki help, please refer to this resource page and this student orientation.

Cheat sheets

 * Basic formatting syntax
 * Using the reference toolbar

Immediate help
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