Meet the writers and editors behind Tips for Students.
Staff Writer, Study Tips
Study methods and cognitive science are Aisha Patel's beat at Tips for Students. She writes about spaced repetition, active recall, time management, procrastination, and the research behind real academic performance.
Staff Writer, Study Methods & Productivity
Alex Turner covers study tools and productivity systems at Tips for Students. He writes about note-taking apps, study environments, focus methods, and the apps that actually earn their place in a student's daily workflow.
Contributing Writer, Graduate School
Amanda Foster is a Contributing Writer at Tips for Students focused on graduate school and pre-professional tracks. She covers GRE and LSAT prep, pre-med coursework, law school admissions, and the money side of graduate programs.
Staff Writer, Digital Life & Campus Culture
Brianna Jackson writes about digital life and personal branding at Tips for Students. She covers LinkedIn strategy for college students, social media presence, online reputation, and the habits that separate digital wellness from digital burnout.
Staff Writer, Creative Careers & Campus Media
Chris Morales is a Staff Writer at Tips for Students covering creative career tracks: video, writing, journalism, marketing, and art. His work includes high school internship guides and longer-form pieces on building a creative portfolio in college.
News Editor
Claire Duboiss is the News Editor at Tips for Students. She runs the News desk and covers federal financial aid policy, tuition law, and higher education legislation that affects college students.
Staff Writer, College Guide
David Kim writes about college rankings and campus profiles at Tips for Students. He covers which schools rank where, what the numbers actually mean, and how to compare colleges without getting sold to. His approach is data-first, marketing-skeptical.
Staff Writer, Student Community & Engagement
Destiny Harris is a Staff Writer at Tips for Students covering student community and engagement. Her beat includes student organizations, ambassador programs, volunteer opportunities, extracurricular awards, and the social side of college life.
Senior Editor, Academics
A former academic advisor, Emily Feraglan is the Senior Editor for Academics at Tips for Students. She edits the study methods and productivity teams and writes her own pieces on learning science, exam prep, and research-backed study techniques.
Founder & Publisher
Furkan Chubuk is the Founder and Publisher of Tips for Students, the site he built after a career in digital media and content strategy. He leads editorial direction across study, career, money, college life, and study abroad, and he writes the flagship pillars where founder voice carries weight. The standard he sets across the team is short and strict: articles earn their length, claims earn their confidence, and readers come first.
Managing Editor
James Okafor is the Managing Editor at Tips for Students. A communications graduate, he handles the publishing calendar, fact-checking, and keeping quality consistent across the site. He works with every editor and writer on the team.
Staff Writer, College Life
Jordan Williams is a Staff Writer at Tips for Students covering two beats: college life and study abroad. His college life work focuses on housing, roommates, meal prep, and day-to-day campus logistics. On the study abroad side, he writes the full application and program-selection guides.
Contributing Writer, STEM
Kevin Romano is a Contributing Writer at Tips for Students covering STEM: computer science, engineering, data science, physics, and the career paths that grow out of technical undergrad programs. His work also covers STEM high school internships and research opportunities.
Contributing Writer, Mental Health
Lisa Park writes about mental health and student wellness at Tips for Students. She covers anxiety, burnout, stress, imposter syndrome, and the clinical psychology research behind student-specific mental health challenges.
Senior Editor, Career & Money
Marcus Rivers edits two desks at Tips for Students, Career and Money, as Senior Editor. An economics graduate, he edits the writers on both beats and writes the flagship guides on internships, student loans, and budgeting.
News Writer
Michael Osei is the News Writer at Tips for Students. He covers daily education news, from tuition policy and scholarship announcements to campus events, translated into what each story means for the people paying for college.
Research Analyst
Nathan Torres is the Research Analyst at Tips for Students. He uses public data sources like the College Scorecard and Bureau of Labor Statistics to write comparative analyses of college rankings, community colleges, and liberal arts programs.
Staff Writer, Personal Finance
Olivia Nguyen writes the personal finance beat at Tips for Students. Her coverage ranges from day-to-day budgeting and side hustles to bigger decisions like federal versus private student loans, scholarship stacking, and first credit card strategy.
Research Director
Priya Sharma is the Research Director at Tips for Students. She takes public higher education data and turns it into analyses students can actually use, covering policy changes, financial aid access, and student outcomes.
Staff Writer, College Admissions
Rachel Goldstein covers college admissions at Tips for Students. She writes about school list strategy, application essays, financial aid, and the admissions decisions students face from high school through transfer.
Editor-in-Chief
Sarah Mittchell is the Editor-in-Chief of Tips for Students. A journalism graduate, she oversees editorial coverage across study, career, money, college life, study abroad, and college guides. She works directly with the senior editors and staff writers who lead each beat.
Staff Writer, Student Finance & Deals
Sophia Ramirez is a Staff Writer at Tips for Students covering student deals and money-saving strategies. Her work includes student discounts, free resources, packing essentials, and everyday spending decisions that add up over four years of college.
Staff Writer, Career Development
Tyler Brooks is a Staff Writer at Tips for Students covering career development. His work includes resumes, cover letters, interview prep, LinkedIn strategy, salary negotiation, and the full playbook on landing a first internship or job.