Academic Advice

by danah boyd

Last Updated: November 6, 2024

This is a place to store useful academic advice for potential students, current students, and more.   

Advice for Potential PhD Students

• Graduate Student Advice: This is a collection of advice for any student who is seeking a PhD.
• Be My Student: This is a document of context about me as an advisor for any student who wishes to study with me at Cornell.

Advice for Current PhD Students and Beyond

• Finding Your RQ: This is meant to help current students, postdocs, and faculty identify which research question to invest in.
• Becoming an Academic: This is my take on what it means to become an academic with eyes wide open.
• Random Acts of Kindness: Here are some suggestions about how to build a kinder, more generous scholarly world.