Jeff Cookston
@cookston.bsky.social
@SFSU Professor of Psychology (Developmental) | I study families with an emphasis on fathers, adolescence, transitions, and equity | PhD UT Austin | focused on preschool through college | public library fan | he/him
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Jeff Cookston
@cookston.bsky.social
· Mar 26
In addition to a land acknowledgement, I've been doing the occasional "situation acknowledgement".
We are living in nervous times and bear witness daily to the erosion of norms and due process. Acknowledging this truth provides permission to engage in excellence in the moment.
We are living in nervous times and bear witness daily to the erosion of norms and due process. Acknowledging this truth provides permission to engage in excellence in the moment.
In 2023, the American Psychological Association updated their guidelines for undergraduate education (for only the third time).
Key updates include:
-A focus on equity and diversity and inclusion
-Attention to open science
-Focus on ethics and communication
-Suggestions for building a career
Key updates include:
-A focus on equity and diversity and inclusion
-Attention to open science
-Focus on ethics and communication
-Suggestions for building a career
www.apa.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In 2023, the American Psychological Association updated their guidelines for undergraduate education (for only the third time).
Key updates include:
-A focus on equity and diversity and inclusion
-Attention to open science
-Focus on ethics and communication
-Suggestions for building a career
Key updates include:
-A focus on equity and diversity and inclusion
-Attention to open science
-Focus on ethics and communication
-Suggestions for building a career
A colleague shared this resource on critical AI literacy and it's too good to not share. #AI #Skynet
Critical AI
On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.
olivia.science
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
After coming off impaction two years ago, Psychology at SF State is again the largest major on campus, and our doors are open for more.
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
After coming off impaction two years ago, Psychology at SF State is again the largest major on campus, and our doors are open for more.
Excluding Day After Tomorrow (2004) and 2012 (2009), what movie or documentary or book opened your eyes to a future threatened by climate change?
#climatechange #climatejustice #globalweirding #movies #documentary
#climatechange #climatejustice #globalweirding #movies #documentary
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Excluding Day After Tomorrow (2004) and 2012 (2009), what movie or documentary or book opened your eyes to a future threatened by climate change?
#climatechange #climatejustice #globalweirding #movies #documentary
#climatechange #climatejustice #globalweirding #movies #documentary
Robert Putnam and @richardreeves.bsky.social collaborated on a thoughtful essay connecting today's crisis among boys and men to the 1900s.
In response, my colleague Bill Fabricius submitted a response with some findings from our Parents and Youth Study.
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
In response, my colleague Bill Fabricius submitted a response with some findings from our Parents and Youth Study.
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Opinion | Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Robert Putnam and @richardreeves.bsky.social collaborated on a thoughtful essay connecting today's crisis among boys and men to the 1900s.
In response, my colleague Bill Fabricius submitted a response with some findings from our Parents and Youth Study.
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
In response, my colleague Bill Fabricius submitted a response with some findings from our Parents and Youth Study.
1/2
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
It's the last week of the summer semester and students are sick, stressed out, and stretched thin.
I'm advising some to consider requesting an incomplete grade, but it's clear to me that most university and college students don't know what that means.
A thread...
I'm advising some to consider requesting an incomplete grade, but it's clear to me that most university and college students don't know what that means.
A thread...
July 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's the last week of the summer semester and students are sick, stressed out, and stretched thin.
I'm advising some to consider requesting an incomplete grade, but it's clear to me that most university and college students don't know what that means.
A thread...
I'm advising some to consider requesting an incomplete grade, but it's clear to me that most university and college students don't know what that means.
A thread...
Really frustrated about the passage of that nasty wealth-fare bill for the rich
May need to eat all the rotisserie chicken in SF I can manage. Enjoy this gift article if you want to join me.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
May need to eat all the rotisserie chicken in SF I can manage. Enjoy this gift article if you want to join me.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
We blind tasted 17 rotisserie chickens from Bay Area restaurants. Here’s how Costco ranked
The Chronicle conducted a blind taste test of rotisserie chickens from restaurants, butchers and grocery stores — including Costco — to find the Bay Area’s best. Here’s our list of the top...
www.sfchronicle.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Really frustrated about the passage of that nasty wealth-fare bill for the rich
May need to eat all the rotisserie chicken in SF I can manage. Enjoy this gift article if you want to join me.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
May need to eat all the rotisserie chicken in SF I can manage. Enjoy this gift article if you want to join me.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
The Pride light show in SF is worth a visit
June 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The Pride light show in SF is worth a visit
I’ve been saying something like this for a while.
Anybody got a gift link to this article?
Anybody got a gift link to this article?
How might a future of more baby-exposed men evolve norms around masculinity and manhood?
Should We Expect More from Dads?
Two new books assess our contemporary scripts for fatherhood.
www.newyorker.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’ve been saying something like this for a while.
Anybody got a gift link to this article?
Anybody got a gift link to this article?
My son listened to this song so many times on my phone in 2023 that it ended up on my end of year list of most listened to song. Dark times.
Ween wao
YouTube video by Tek lintowe - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My son listened to this song so many times on my phone in 2023 that it ended up on my end of year list of most listened to song. Dark times.
Too busy to touch grass?
Maybe watch a four min video of our national parks.
Maybe watch a four min video of our national parks.
UCSF researchers suggest this 4-minute Yosemite video boosts happiness
An SF researcher says Yosemite was a "choice of convenience" for the happiness study.
www.sfgate.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Too busy to touch grass?
Maybe watch a four min video of our national parks.
Maybe watch a four min video of our national parks.
Reposted by Jeff Cookston
Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trevorredcap.trvr.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
It's disappointing to learn the NSF Build and Broaden program has been archived. While not surprising, this was a great mechanism for building science capacity.
I had planned to write a proposal that would have been due Jan 26th. So glad I opted to play video games and ride my bike instead.
I had planned to write a proposal that would have been due Jan 26th. So glad I opted to play video games and ride my bike instead.
Build and Broaden: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions (B2)
www.nsf.gov
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's disappointing to learn the NSF Build and Broaden program has been archived. While not surprising, this was a great mechanism for building science capacity.
I had planned to write a proposal that would have been due Jan 26th. So glad I opted to play video games and ride my bike instead.
I had planned to write a proposal that would have been due Jan 26th. So glad I opted to play video games and ride my bike instead.
A friend and I lip sang this song to the whole school. My air guitar performance shredded.
48 YEARS AGO TODAY on May 7, 1977, "Hotel California" by The Eagles reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
May 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A friend and I lip sang this song to the whole school. My air guitar performance shredded.
I don’t think these 7 piano sketches are my thing
May 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I don’t think these 7 piano sketches are my thing
Fact: Tonight was the first time in the Curry era when the Warriors have won a playoff game seven when leading at halftime.
May 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fact: Tonight was the first time in the Curry era when the Warriors have won a playoff game seven when leading at halftime.
During adolescence, father emotion control and conflict with peers appear to be predictive of adult relationship quality.
Meh to the mid photoshop image with the article.
www.psypost.org/verbal-aggre...
Meh to the mid photoshop image with the article.
www.psypost.org/verbal-aggre...
Verbal aggression in adult relationships linked to fathers' behavior and adolescent friendships, 20-year study finds
Childhood exposure to paternal aggression and teen friendship turmoil may predict adult romantic conflict, according to new research.
www.psypost.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
During adolescence, father emotion control and conflict with peers appear to be predictive of adult relationship quality.
Meh to the mid photoshop image with the article.
www.psypost.org/verbal-aggre...
Meh to the mid photoshop image with the article.
www.psypost.org/verbal-aggre...
TLDR - poverty is bad
The Boys Aren't in Crisis. Worry About These Kids Instead.
Insights from a teacher on the front lines.
www.menshealth.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
TLDR - poverty is bad
I just said this too…
April 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I just said this too…
@sfgiants.com win on a “little league home run”
April 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@sfgiants.com win on a “little league home run”
Reposted by Jeff Cookston
2,200 LGBTQ youth call or text the National Suicide Hotline’s LGBTQ support service each day — 1.3M since 2022.
So, of course, they’re proposing to eliminate it.
39% of LGBTQ youth consider suicide & 18% attempt it.
They really don’t care if LGBTQ people die. Our lives have zero value for them.
So, of course, they’re proposing to eliminate it.
39% of LGBTQ youth consider suicide & 18% attempt it.
They really don’t care if LGBTQ people die. Our lives have zero value for them.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
2,200 LGBTQ youth call or text the National Suicide Hotline’s LGBTQ support service each day — 1.3M since 2022.
So, of course, they’re proposing to eliminate it.
39% of LGBTQ youth consider suicide & 18% attempt it.
They really don’t care if LGBTQ people die. Our lives have zero value for them.
So, of course, they’re proposing to eliminate it.
39% of LGBTQ youth consider suicide & 18% attempt it.
They really don’t care if LGBTQ people die. Our lives have zero value for them.
Mia Sara!
Your world will get bigger and brighter. THE LIFE OF CHUCK. From the hearts and souls of Mike Flanagan and Stephen King. In Select Cities 6.6, Everywhere 6.13 #ThanksChuck #HowDoYouDescribeTheIndescribable?
April 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mia Sara!
JD Vance with the fumble
JD Vance just broke apart the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy on live television.
April 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
JD Vance with the fumble
More people gotta read Paola Ramos' Defectors, a book that discusses this guy thoughtfully as a cautionary tale for the US.
Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...
Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More people gotta read Paola Ramos' Defectors, a book that discusses this guy thoughtfully as a cautionary tale for the US.
Is this a post about the S3 White Lotus finale?
So unclear how all this ends we are in seriously uncharted waters
April 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Is this a post about the S3 White Lotus finale?