In the Media

Jennifer van Alstyne is open to media requests, podcast appearances, and interviews. Email her at Jennifer@TheAcademicDesigner.com

2025

The Graphic History of Hip Hop with Walter Greason and Tim Fielder was mentioned in Dr. Ben Railton’s Special Best-of-2025 #ScholarSunday Thread on Black and White and Read All Over on December 31, 2025.

Jennifer is part of the 5th annual SheMentoring, researchers you might pass on the street en el Bizkaia Aretoa-Bilbao, Spain from Cristina Penas Lago on Thursday, November 6, 2025

Mentioned in Amplifying Your Academic Achievements, episode 44 of the Rise with Clarity Podcast from Dr. Katherine In-Young Lee, August 29, 2025

Feel burned out? Ruth C. White, PhD on burn out for female academics episode of The Social Academic Podcast is mentioned in Dr. Benjamin Railton’s #ScholarSunday Thread 235 on AmericanStudier on July 27, 2025

Jennifer talks Online Presence for Academics with host, Angela Britcher about on episode 37 of the DigitalEDU Dialogues Podcast from The Babb Group on July 7, 2025

Angela Britcher and Jennifer van Alstyne on the DigitalEDU Dialogues Podcast
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She helps professors with online presence

Jennifer is a guest for Build a Meaningful Online Presence & Community, episode 209 of the EDIT HISTORY Podcast from Cheryl Lau on June 2, 2025

Jennifer is a guest for the The Academic Website Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making (and How to Fix Them) episode of the Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor Podcast from Dr. Paulina Cossette of Acadia Editing on May 21, 2025

A photo of Jennifer appears in Meet Amanda Thorne | Creative Stylist (Makeup & Hair) in Shoutout SoCal on May 21, 2025

The Social Academic, Jennifer’s blog/podcast for The Academic Designer LLC, is a top 90 Higher Education blog (Feedspot).

The Graphic History of Hip Hop with Walter Greason and Tim Fielder episode of The Social Academic Podcast is mentioned in Dr. Benjamin Railton’s #ScholarSunday Thread 220 on AmericanStudier on April 13, 2025

Jennifer van Alstyne and Dr. Jennifer Askey on the Mindful Academy Podcast

Designing Your Academic Online Presence with Jennifer Van Alstyne is Episode 4.04 of the Mindful Academy Podcast from Dr. Jennifer Askey on March 28, 2025

Jennifer appeared on The Researchers’ Writing Podcast from Dr. Anna Clemens for episode 17 on Leveraging Social Media as an Academic, February 9, 2025

2024

Mentioned on Amplifying Your Academic Achievements, episode 13 of the Rise with Clarity Podcast from Dr. Katherine In-Young Lee, February 24, 2024

2023

‘Online Presence for Faculty on the Job Market,’ a YouTube video with Dr. Kimberly J Hale, November 28, 2023

Jennifer is back on the Thought Leader Club Podcast, episode 128, to talk about Visibility, Hate Comments, & Expanding Your Impact Online with host, Cheryl Lau. Listen on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, June 11, 2023

Appearance on the Thought Leader Club Podcast with Jennifer’s business coach, Cheryl Lau. We talk about Making Back 2x The Investment in 3 Months and how coaching has helped my business on episode 118. Listen on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, April 2, 2023

2022

A YouTube video interview about ‘How to Write a Powerful Speaker Bio,’ guest appearance on More Than PowerPoint! with Dr. Echo Rivera

Jennifer appeared as a guest on The Academic Life Podcast episode, “Scholar Skills: Communicating Through your Online Presence” with host Dr. Dana Malone

Jennifer van Alstyne was a guest on Grad Chat, the podcast of PhD Balance. The episode, “Finding Community Online in Grad School,” can be watched on YouTube. You can listen on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.

Jennifer’s social media workshop was mentioned in Management Matters from the Public Management Research Association, Spring 2022, volume 20, issue 1

2021

The Social Academic blog is #45 on ServiceScape’s Top 50 Academic Blogs You Should Be Reading on December 9

Jennifer was featured on the What To Do With An MFA interview series with Regis University’s Mile High MFA faculty Rachel Weaver in “Communications with Jennifer van Alstyne” on YouTube, November

The Social Academic blog was shared as a resource for the Using Social Media as a Media Scholar half-day webinar from NordMedia Network on October 21

The Social Academic blog is shared as a resource in Building a website for your program of research, project, or lab? My top 10 tips by Alison Moore on Radical Access: Scholarly Publishing + Open Access on the SFU Library Blog on May 14

“Should Scientists Have Their Own Websites?” by Patrick Wareing, June

The Social Academic is mentioned in Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count by Ashley Ames Ahlbrand.

Scientific writing coach, Anna Clemens, PhD, interviewed Jennifer for Scientists Who Write, How Social Media Can Increase Your Paper Citations. This interview was mentioned in Ways to boost your citations – Social Media by Florence Ng for Researcher Connect on May 16, 2022.

2020

Jennifer returns to the GradBlogger podcast for Episode #71, “How to ‘Sell’ Without Being Salesy in Client Conversations.”

Guest appearance on Chris Cloney, PhD’s podcast GradBlogger, whose goal is to help 1,000 academics change 1,000 lives through online business. Listen to Episode #68, “Building an Online Business Out of Graduate School with Jennifer van Alstyne.”

Appeared on RJ Thompson’s podcast Talks with Thompson to talk about my life and career in academia and how my consulting practice helps academics enhance their profile and reconnect with professional practice. Listen to Jennifer van Alstyne Talks with Thompson on Spotify. Or, watch the interview on YouTube, May 22

My interview with Dr. Walter D. Greason was mentioned in “Are Your Diversity Strategies Missing the Mark? Nine Ways to Get it Right,” by Hedreich Nichols on Cult of Pedagogy, March 1

2019

“Managing Online Presence as a Researcher,” interviewed by Kayla DiPilato for Conseris, October 15

“The Soft Skills Needed to Become a Graphic Designer,” by Ashley Brooks for Rasmussen College, July 15

Hosted a Twitter Takeover of @AcademicChatter to talk about best practices for enjoying social media.

2018

“UL Lafayette recognizes outstanding graduates for Spring 2018,” KATC3

2017

“Publications and Activities, Fall 2017” the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of English Newsletter

2014

“10th Annual Women of Naropa Reading,” on the Jack Kerouac School

“Women of Naropa Reading” on AnneWaldman.org