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Jennifer van Alstyne
@jenvanalstyne.bsky.social
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Online presence for academics | Website Design, Social Media, Bio Writing https://TheAcademicDesigner.com/
The Social Academic blog @HigherEdPR
https://TheSocialAcademic.com/blog/
Peruvian-American poet ✨️ https://JenniferVanAlstyne.com/social-media/
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I've been meeting with faculty and postdocs today about working together on their online presence in the new year.

Want a personal academic website or to be intentional about your social media in 2026?

Schedule a time today higheredpr.as.me/meet-with-je...
Jennifer van Alstyne, a latina woman with a small yellow flower behind her ear, smiles. She's wearing a dark floral dress and a beige knit sweater.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Some videos are only possible in collaboration 📷

This series on the art exhibit, Palpitations: The Cadence of Heartbeats by Marianela de la Hoz and Marc Urselli is one of them 💓

I'm proud to have supported this project. My father-in-law, Bob is the art critic 🎨
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Palpitations: The Cadence of Heartbeats, art exhibit by Marianela de la Hoz and Marc Urselli at the San Diego Museum of Art
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Your writing is part of your digital presence. It's one way people can engage with what you share online.

Writing coach, Dr. Lisa Munro @llmunro.bsky.social shares her expertise to help you write better titles ✨

Authors, this clip is for you, #AcademicSky. Full interview on The Social Academic.
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Do you have an academic website? Are you thinking about making one?

Faculty
Researchers
Grad Students
Labs and Research Groups

We hope these award winning websites inspire you ✨️

Introducing the winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 2025 🏆💻
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Winners of the 2025 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest. A tiny mockup of each of the 12 award winning websites on desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Congratulations! 💻🎊

@madeline-eppley.bsky.social
Dr. Roberta Rosa Valtorta
@anaikowl.bsky.social
Dr. Fawad Ahmed Najam
Dr. Patrick Manser
Dr. Allie Sinclair
Dr. Tetine Sentell
Dr. Erika Iveth Cedillo-González
@cecibaldoni.bsky.social
@invertebabe.bsky.social
Hira Javed
Dr. Ana Rebeka Kamšek
Winners of the 2025 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest with tiny mockups of each website on desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Celebrating the award winning websites of the 2025 contest. We're delighted to share these exemplary websites with you.

#AcademicSky #ScienceSky #EduSky

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Award winners of the 2025 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest with a contest logo and tiny mockup of each website that includes a desktop, tablet, and mobile screen for each. Sized for Instagram and other social media platforms. Black background.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Congratulations! 🎉🏆

@madeline-eppley.bsky.social
Dr. Roberta Rosa Valtorta
@anaikowl.bsky.social
Dr. Fawad Ahmed Najam
Dr. Patrick Manser
Dr. Allie Sinclair
Dr. Tetine Sentell
Dr. Erika Iveth Cedillo-González
@cecibaldoni.bsky.social
@invertebabe.bsky.social
Hira Javed
Dr. Ana Rebeka Kamšek
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Winners of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest have just been announced! 🏆

We hope these websites inspire you to create your own space as a faculty, researcher, or grad student.

Hosted by @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social, @owlstown.com, and Brittany Trinh theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...
The 12 award winning websites of the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 2025, hosted by Jennifer van Alstyne, Brittany Trinh, and Ian Li
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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A quick video on blogging for academics and researchers 🫶

#AcademicSky
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Time for the Canva World Tour Keynote ✨️
Virtual broadcast of the live Canva World Tour Keynote in Sydney, Australia. The chat is very active with many emoji reactions from virtual attendees around the world. 3 Canva executives present on stage. Their screen reads, '6 billion+ new designs'
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I went up to Los Angeles last week to visit the Canva Bandwagon 🫶
A pop up event for the Canva World Tour with a decked out big blue bus with rainbow stairs leading up to it. There are stations in and around the Canva Bandwagon to help people get familiar with Canva features. Two women are taking a selfie with a camera, and several people are at bar height umbrella tables practicing how to use Canva on provided tablet and laptop devices.
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons at The Broad museum in Los Angeles 🎈🐕

A new YouTube Short is up from my father-in-law, art critic, Bob Pincus 📸 #Art
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A large aluminum blue dog that looks like a balloon animal on permanent exhibit at The Broad Museum in LA. Balloon Dog is a series by artist, Jeff Koons.
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Should I have a LinkedIn profile as an academic?

What makes a good faculty profile? #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

This article isn’t about which is better for you: faculty profile or LinkedIn profile. It would be great for your online presence if you had both 🤗
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Faculty profile vs. LinkedIn profile for academics
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Hi, I'm Jennifer van Alstyne. It's nice to meet you!

Let's get intentional about how you show up online. Your digital footprint can make a meaningful difference for you, your teaching, and your research. I'm here to help you.

Schedule your Zoom call with Jennifer higheredpr.as.me/meet-with-je...
Jennifer van Alstyne stands in front of the built-in bookcase in her home office in San Diego. She's a latina woman smiling with her hand touching a flower stem leaning towards her from a llama vase on the bookcase.
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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"You don’t owe your social media followers," says Jennifer Polk, PhD of @fromphdtolife.com 💡

"You don’t owe them your presence. You can choose to pause your activity and you don’t have to stress about it."

On The Social Academic blog, podcast, and YouTube
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Jen Polk's cover photo for her blog, From PhD to Life. There are two sets of legs, the 1st wearing jeans and sneakers, the 2nd wearing blue tights, tan chunky heels, and a pencil skirt. Both photos are actually of Jen Polk and represent moving from academia to a career outside of faculty roles in Higher Education.
October 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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If you've been thinking about having your personal academic website designed for you, I'm here to help you.

Let's chat on your no pressure Zoom call about teaming up for your website project, #AcademicSky
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Jennifer van Alstyne, a latina woman smiles. She has a small yellow flower in her hair.
October 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Late night album from Pierre Lapointe has been on repeat. Just wrapping up in my office for the night.
Jennifer's desktop computer monitor with Spotify playing Pierre Lapointe live album with an orchestra. This is the music she's listening to while writing an academic bio for her faculty client.
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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There's so much possibility for connection online when you're willing to reach out first, #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Hi, I'm Jennifer van Alstyne. I started The Social Academic blog back in 2018 to help folks in Higher Education have a meaningful online presence.

One of my favorite posts...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Substack, newsletter, blog, website?

Are you exploring options for what you want to share?

You may find this conversation with @americanstudier.bsky.social and @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social about sharing your public scholarship online helpful for you #AcademicSky

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The Social Academic podcast logo, an episode about Public Scholarship with Vaughn Joy, PhD and Ben Railton, PhD to celebrate their new website Black and White and Read All Over
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Hi, I'm Jennifer van Alstyne. Nice to meet you!

In this episode of my podcast, The Social Academic, I sit down with my own photo / hair and makeup team to share what to expect and their top tips for folks who thinking about working with a professional too.
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Photography, Hair, and Makeup with Melissa McClure and Amanda Thorne on The Social Academic podcast hosted by Jennifer van Alstyne
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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I had such fun on our video shoot yesterday at a museum here in San Diego.

My father-in-law's new YouTube video on Art With Bob Pincus is in progress ✨️

Complete: Video on location, yay!
Next: Artist interview
Then: Recording in our home studio
Dr. Robert L. Pincus, host of Art With Bob Pincus on YouTube, shooting the introduction to an upcoming video for his channel. He's standing in a museum in San Diego.
September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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-What types of academic websites are there?

-Do I need more than one website as an academic?

-When do I want to have a personal academic website + a research lab website?

-I’m full-time faculty and also have a business. Do I need separate websites?

A new blog post is live on The Social Academic.
Do I need more than one academic website? With screenshots from 3 websites created for the same faculty.
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Here's the most loved guides and resources on The Social Academic blog. I hope your students find them helpful!
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The Social Academic blog from Jennifer van Alstyne of The Academic Designer LLC are great for faculty, researchers, and grad students. There's a section of most loved guides and resources for you. An example includes 19 Ideas for Your Online Presence That Are Not Social Media. And Jennifer's guide on How to Make A Personal Academic Website.
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Lab logos and visual branding for researchers. That's the topic of the new episode of The Social Academic podcast featuring Dr. Makella Coudray of the SHEER Lab 🎧🎙️
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Visual Branding for Academics with Makella Coudray
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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You can totally do it yourself. You've got resources to help you on The Social Academic blog whenever you're ready.

But my faculty and researcher clients? They didn't want to design their own website (even folks who had the skills already). You don't have to do it yourself if you want support.
Resources on The Social Academic blog like how to set up your website and ideas for your online presence that aren't social media.
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM