The Social Academic with Jennifer van Alstyne | Online Presence for Professors FAQ for Academic Writers When You Want an Authentic Digital Presence
November is Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo). Dr. Katy Peplin joins me on The Social Academic podcast. We're flipping the script on this one. Katy will ask me questions about my top advice for faculty sharing your academic writing online.
You have agency in how you show up online. Hi, I’m Jennifer van Alstyne (@HigherEdPR). This is The Social Academic, a podcast about online presence for faculty, researchers, and graduate students. You can create a stronger online presence for yourself. Let's build a strong digital footprint through your academic website, social media, and bio writing.
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Thank you.
This FAQ for Academic Writers is about having an authentic digital presence. It doesn't have to happen all at once. Any small change you make to improve how people find you online can make a difference.
Resources for you
- How faculty online presence can help your students https://theacademicdesigner.com/2025/how-faculty-online-presence-can-help-your-students/
- What to share on your personal academic website https://theacademicdesigner.com/2025/35-page-ideas-for-your-academic-personal-website/
- What to share on your research lab website https://theacademicdesigner.com/2024/research-lab-websites/
- Free LinkedIn Profile course for academics https://higheredpr.teachable.com/p/linkedin-challenge (the videos will be moving here to YouTube in the coming months)
- Here's how we can work together, view services https://theacademicdesigner.com/services/
Happy writing! Katy Peplin is hosting a month of free resources called AcWriMo.
Sign up for free academic writing resources https://tinyurl.com/AcWriMo2025
Dr. Katy Peplin is the founder of Thrive PhD, a business born out of her own journey through the PhD, and the joys and challenges of being a grad student and a human at the same time. She earned her doctorate at the University of Michigan, with a dissertation centered on animals on film and media. Throughout her degree, she also worked as a teaching consultant at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, practiced yoga regularly, and lived with chronic illness and anxiety. These days, she's super into knitting, colorful water bottles, and helping graduate students around the world treat graduate school like part of their career and life, and not just the holding period before the real stuff begins.
- Visit the Thrive PhD Website http://thrive-phd.com/
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- Threads https://www.threads.com/@thrivephd
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