I welcome suggested posts, comments and questions. With a blog and a public email address, I get a lot of messages. I do read everything and try my best to respond, but can’t always do so.
Below is how to reach me depending on your need. I’m sorry that it seems complicated, but whenever I make my email marginally easier to get, aggravating publicity people put me on 12 new mailing lists a day.
Academics, journalists and Yale students
Academic colleagues, Yale students, or journalists seeking an interview should write to this address. No PR to this address, please.
Yale students can also sign up for office hours online. Outside the regular semester I am available by appointment. Before coming, you might find it helpful to read my standard advice for undergraduate courses, senior essays and independent studies, and graduate advising. Also here are my requirements for writing a letter of recommendation.
Press releases, publicity, guest posts, and mailing lists
Please, please do not place me on a mailing list unasked. This happens more than I ever imagined and so I’ve resorted to unsubscribing right away, and reporting these as spam to the FTC. Here are answers to the three most common emails I get:
- I think you’d be interested in this press release or our mailing list
- I have a non-profit or charity I’d like to publicize
- Would you consider a guest post, advertisement or link exchange?
Students who want to study or work with me
Follow these links if you are applying to graduate school and would like to work with me, or if you are interested in working on one of my research projects.
Readers
Suggested posts or comments
Do write me or comment on the blog. I read everything that arrives. I welcome questions, papers, articles and links that you have seen or written and that you think might interest readers of the blog. New research is especially appreciated. Please send me the URL and not a PDF, so that I have something to link to.
Advice
I also get a lot of requests for personal advice on school or careers. It’s hard to give this kind of advice to strangers. Also, I seldom have the time to respond. Sorry if I do not. To be as helpful as possible, I’ve developed advice posts over the years on development, careers and graduate school, which you can see on the right sidebar.