Online presence for academics and researchers: websites, social media, bios ✨️ I'm Jennifer van Alstyne | The Social Academic blog | @jenvanalstyne.bsky.social
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Hi, I'm Jennifer 👋🙂
I help professors build their online presence. I empower academics to be confident sharing their work on social media and websites.
Here's a bit about me 🤗
-I live in San Diego
-I have 2 cats, Bartlet and Ash
-I'm planning my wedding (in 2024)
-I'm a poet
ALT Jennifer, a Peruvian-American woman, smiles at the camera.
Grad students, academics, and researchers. Hi, I'm Jennifer van Alstyne 👋😄
You've got 11 days to enter this year's Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 🏆
Entry form and website resources for academics ✨️
theacademicdesigner.com/2026…
Don't have a website yet but you want to enter to win one of this year's awards?
Check out @owlstown, an easy way to make your website today for free 🦉
Enter the 2026 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest to win an award. Open through 11 October 2026.
Let's celebrate the work professors, researchers, grad students, and research groups put into their website 🏆😄✅️
The entry form is quick to fill out
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
The Best Personal Academic Websites Contest celebrates the hard work faculty, researchers, grad students, and independent scholars put into creating space online.
Got a website? The entry form is quick to fill out. Enter to win an award 🎉🏆
theacademicdesigner.com/2026…
A cute video we recorded at a UCSD library talk recently. This is Bob Pincus and artist, DeLoss McGraw 😄 youtube.com/shorts/QJL4O11dW…
Have you been wanting a personal academic website?
We've got resources to share with you from the Best Personal Academic Websites Contest to help you do it yourself 💡✨️ theacademicdesigner.com/2026…
The Best Personal Academic Websites Contest is open for entries! This is our 4th contest celebrating websites of
-Faculty
-Professors
-Researchers
-Scientists
-Postdocs
-Grad students
-Independent researcher
-Research labs + groups
#AcademicTwitter
theacademicdesigner.com/2026…
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The artist’s intimate 1929 canvas, from her first stay in New Mexico, seems to gaze up at a towering tree with awe and fascination. on.wsj.com/3NRgzQD
Get inspired for your personal academic website. Save this post for later.
These award winning websites from faculty, researchers, and grad students have lots to admire. I hope you get ideas and motivation for your own website project theacademicdesigner.com/2025…
Watching art videos makes me happy. Making them? I didn't know it would bring joy to my life 🎨
This is the art channel I started with my family. It features my father-in-law, Bob. The videos are by my husband, Matthew. I took most of the photos too 📸 🫶 youtu.be/Yqj4FO55mzk
Are you an overcommitted researcher? What does that feel like?
If you're at the end of the semester, save this for later. Once you've rested a bit, you may find this video with Dr. Stefanie Robel helpful for you in the new year ✨🎙️🎧
youtube.com/live/MRTeEfm7Tjg…
ALT Dr. Stefanie Robel of GLIA Leadership is featured on this episode of The Social Academic Podcast: Leadership for Researchers and Lab Directors with Dr. Stefanie Robel.
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Are you an overcommited researcher? Dr. Stefanie Robel talks research leadership ✨️
Researchers, this episode of The Social Academic podcast is for you.
Watch, listen, or save for later 🔖
#AcademicTwitter
YouTube: youtube.com/live/MRTeEfm7Tjg…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0BCule…
Are you an overcommited researcher? Dr. Stefanie Robel talks research leadership ✨️
Researchers, this episode of The Social Academic podcast is for you.
Watch, listen, or save for later 🔖
#AcademicTwitter
YouTube: youtube.com/live/MRTeEfm7Tjg…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0BCule…
In academia but thinking about leaving? I chat with Dr. Jen Polk of @FromPhDToLife and Dr. Paulina Cossette in this episode of The Social Academic podcast.
How does sharing your story change over time? Perspectives from coaches who help with job search / starting a business.
ALT Share Your Story After Academia, an episode of The Social Academic Podcast with Jen Polk, PhD, Paulina Cossette, PhD (guests) and Jennifer van Alstyne (host).
Watch or listen on The Social Academic podcast with Jennifer van Alstyne.
YouTube:
youtu.be/AVyM_C-6YQQ
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4yf…
Want to team up for your personal academic website or online presence?
There's a couple of times left to meet about working together tomorrow (Thursday, December 18, 2025). Then, plenty of availability on my calendar for you in January 2026 ✨
Let's chat on Zoom 😄
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Schedule your Zoom call about teaming up with Jennifer van Alstyne for your
-personal academic website
-research lab website
-social media for academics
-bio writing
-logo design / social media templates for your research group
Yes, our call is free
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I helped Bob (my father-in-law) record a short video about one of his favorite books of 2025, Muybridge by Guy Delisle from Drawn & Quarterly 📚
youtube.com/shorts/IAI6n8_Mj…