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Hi, I’m Jennifer van Alstyne (@HigherEdPR). I’m a communications strategist. My company The Academic Designer LLC helps people share who they are and what they do online.

I help people share their work in online spaces like websites and social media. I work with professors, researchers, labs, and organizations. View my services.

What’s new from The Social Academic blog

Academic YouTubers join me for a featured interview

Watch us record the new feature interview for The Social Academic live on July 5, 2021 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT.

Susan Heavey, Franziska Sattler, Nichole Lews, and Erika Romero join me live on YouTube. Learn about their channels and how they got started. Set a reminder here.

9 ways to engage with posts on social media

The new blog post is live, and it’s all about how we interact with social media posts. Learn about social media engagement, and why the like button is overrated in this article.

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