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i have some questions. if an academia transitions after their graduation, what would be written in the papers? the deadname or the current name? or one can ask the authoritative institution to issue new papers with the current name on it? also, what would happen to their publication? i genuinely have never thought of it before.

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Colleges will issue updated paperwork after any kind of legal name change. Keep in mind, for most of recent history approx. half the population has been changing their legal last name when they get married, so institutions have had to deal with this on a broad scale for quite a while. Probably not for publications though, except in rare circumstances

ah right bro. forgot that on that part of the world, half of that people change their name when they're getting married. thanks for the answer.

I believe the deadname stays on old publications, although in today's electronic publications it could be updated.

The example I think of is the person who built one of the first superoptimizers.

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