Academic Advice
Thanks for your curiosity about academia! Here you will find my thoughts about how to thrive in academia, how to work with me, and who the amazing people who I've worked with are.
Last Updated: November 6, 2024
ACADEMIC ADVICE
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 provides 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.

My Current Graduate Students / Postdocs

Everlynn Khamjoi
Cornell Communication (Chair)

Zuri Wilson
Cornell Communication (Chair)

Ira Globus-Harris
Cornell Center for Data Science (Postdoc)

Kevin Ackermann
Northwestern Media, Tech & Society (Committee)

Dan Bateyko
Cornell Information (Committee)

Stephanie Belina
Cornell Communication (Committee)

Allegra Fonda-Bonardi
University of Michigan Information (committee)

Jae June Lee
Cornell Information (Committee)

Former Postdocs / Advisees

Chuncheng Liu
Postdoc 2023-2025
Northeastern University

Robyn Caplan
Advisee 2015-2021
Duke University

Andrew Selbst
Postdoc 2017-2019
UCLA Law

Francesca Tripodi
Postdoc 2017-2018
University of North Carolina

Kadija Ferryman
Postdoc 2016-2018
Johns Hopkins University

Caroline Jack
Postdoc 2016-2018
University of California at San Diego

Julia Ticona
Postdoc 2016-2018
University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Brayne
Postdoc 2015-2016
Stanford University

Angèle Christin
Postdoc 2015-2016
Stanford University

Karen Levy
Postdoc 2014-2015
Cornell University

Jessa Lingel
Postdoc 2013-2015
University of Pennsylvania

Megan Finn
Postdoc 2012-2014
American University

Andrés Monroy-Hernández
Postdoc 2011-2012
Princeton University

Mike Ananny
Postdoc 2010-2012
University of Southern California

Alice Marwick
Postdoc 2010-2012
Data & Society

Other Scholars I've Mentored
  • Rachel Warren (intern, 2024) – University of California at Irvine
  • Madelyn Zander (committee, 2024) – Workday
  • Muira McCammon (committee, 2023) – Tulane University
  • María Angel (intern, 2023) – Yale University
  • Jayshree Sarathy (intern, 2022) – Northeastern University
  • Emanuel Moss (committee, 2021) – Intel Labs
  • Mikaela Pitcan (PhD RA, 2014-2018) – US Navy
  • Madeleine Clare Elish (PhD RA, 2014-2017) – Google
  • Solon Barocas (committee, 2014) – Microsoft Research
  • Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck (committee, 2012) – University of Michigan
  • Germaine Halegoua (intern, 2011) – University of Michigan
  • Laura Noren (intern, 2011) – Google
  • Amelia Abreu (intern, 2010) – UX consultant
  • Omar Wasow (intern, 2010) – University of California at Berkeley
  • Fred Stutzman (committee, 2010) – Freedom
  • Scott Golder (intern, 2009) – Home Depot