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Jeff Cookston

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@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.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bill Fabricius makes the wonderful point that the officers of family courts are prone to overlook how boys maintain relationships with their fathers during separation and divorce. 2/2

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Opinion | Remedies to the ‘Boy Crisis’

www.nytimes.com

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

Opinion | Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

www.nytimes.com

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 20

The score to this film rocks!

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 11

Lonesome Dove ruined me for most books. It’s perfect.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

These are weird times. If you can assign an incomplete grade rather than fail a student, I hope you will consider it.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

The advantage of an incomplete is that faculty can give students a chance to earn the grade they were on track to receive and students don't lose out on the tuition costs.

Plus, faculty rarely operate according to deadlines...things are ready when they are done.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

The disadvantage of an incomplete for faculty is that we need to nudge students or change the timing of due dates in online learning platforms and are expected to grade papers that should have been submitted long ago.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

The disadvantage of an incomplete (I) grade is that students sometimes forget about the I and aren't motivated to go back in time to a semester to do the required work and end up with the lower grade anyhow.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

Last fall a student was on track to earn an A but she neglected to submit one paper when she got the flu and that put her on track to earn a C in the class. I assigned the student an incomplete and she finished the paper during the winter break.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

The advantage of an incomplete grade (to the student) is that they have a prescribed period of time (usually a year) to complete the work. Otherwise, they will be assigned the grade they would have earned with no credit for the missing work.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

Students can request (or faculty can assign) an incomplete grade when a portion of the required work has not been submitted and when there is a justified reason for the work being late.

From my perspective, all online classes in the midst of a global pandemic is reason enough.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

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

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 29

The Pride light show in SF is worth a visit

Rainbow lasers beaming down Market Street in San Francisco with the Ferry Building in the background in honor of Pride month

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 28

I’ve been saying something like this for a while.

Anybody got a gift link to this article?

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 28

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

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 23

What in the KFC is a paternity list?

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 23

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.

YouTube video by Tek lintowe - Topic

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Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 18

Too busy to touch grass?

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.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 14

I read that the crowd was “one deep”

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 9

Not me. The Build to Broaden mechanism that was best for my project has been cancelled.

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 7

Very cool. Does your data allow you to test the Chinese zodiac?

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Jun 3

I give new parents A Kiss for Little Bear. It’s got drama, kissing, and a pissed off hen.

Reposted by Jeff Cookston

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 23

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:

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

trevorredcap.trvr.org

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · May 14

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.

Build and Broaden: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions (B2)

Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · May 8

A friend and I lip sang this song to the whole school. My air guitar performance shredded.

OldSchool @blueskyoldschool.bsky.social · May 7

48 YEARS AGO TODAY on May 7, 1977, "Hotel California" by The Eagles reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.