Google: Susan

I met the student who will be serving as the peer mentor for the F.I.G. class that I am instructing next fall. We began with some general chitchat and then I asked her if she had any questions about me or my position at the university. "No," she told me. "I already googled you."

Pocket Susan Advice: It's easy to forget just how much information is on the Internet, because it has become an unremarkable part of our day-to-day lives. It doesn't hurt to google yourself every so often to see what's out there for public viewing. Once with your full in quotations like "Pocket E. Susan" and then with your name and any other keywords that might be pertinent such as Susan, Pocket, and university.