Wikipedia Edits for Mental Health Promotion

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is a grantmaking organization that supports mental health resources and health equity across Texas by funding educational conferences, publishing informational content, and spearheading community engagement initiatives. My role as a Graduate Research Assistant was to expand the public’s understanding of mental health history and drive interest in the Hogg Foundation’s archive through strategic additions and edits to pages on Wikipedia. I applied substantial modifications on three existing articles and wrote seven original articles on individuals, policies, and organizations that concern the foundation’s history and role in the development of mental health awareness in Texas. This project represents efforts to not only utilize available online resources for these crucial topics but also to raise awareness of the far-reaching impacts of the Hogg Foundation over the past 80 years.