in 2010, the smithsonian institution expressed interest in the idea, which led to the hiring of sarah stierch in july as wikipedian in residence. the following year, the national archives and records administration followed suit and hired dominic mcdevitt-parks, a student from simmons college, who was pursuing a master's degree in history and archives management, to work at its archives ii location in college park, maryland. mcdevitt-parks had been editing wikipedia since 2004 and was hired for this position by david ferriero.