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Changing your name after marriage?

Hi folks,

I'm in the first year of my MA psych program and I got hitched (yay!!) in October. 

Under my maiden name, I have been second/third author on two published chapters, and have presented about 5 posters at local & international conferences.  

My question: will changing my name legally negatively interfere with my academic life? There will obviously be some discontinuity in my CV, which I'm not super worried about.  I'm more wondering about perceptions of women in academia who change their names to take their husband's last name.

Also - is it possible for me to legally change my name and use that socially whilst still publishing and working under my maiden name?

Any input is appreciated :) 

Thanks!
gpt
You can change your name and publish or work under your birth name. You will need to tell HR for legal/tax reasons, but tell them you’d like to maintain your original name within the directory, email, etc. Also tell whoever maintains your department website to keep it the old way. 

If you’d rather change it professionally though, in your CV’s publications list, bold your name wherever it appears (whether old or new name), and you can also check with the journal editors of your publications to see if you can change your name on the publication. 

I suspect there are guides out there for changing your name for academics, aimed at academics who take a married name, and/or at trans academics, they can likely help you make decisions on what to change and then how to do it.