Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW
@jbsinger.bsky.social
Award-winning podcaster. #SWTech pioneer. Prof. Best-selling author (Suicide in Schools, Podcasting in Social Work Education). Suicidologist quoted in New York Times, Guardian, CNN. Family man. Tweeted as @socworkpodcast
🎉 BIG WIN! A significant victory for #SocialWork and #HigherEducation. The 11th Circuit upheld an injunction blocking key higher education provisions of Florida's Stop WOKE Act, allowing schools of social work to continue teaching critical topics related to diversity, equity & inclusion. #NASW
I'm in awe of @pittssw.bsky.social Kyla Christensen's perseverance and grateful for Wilkinsburg Police Lt. Christopher Duncan for finally listening to her. Social worker trafficked after getting an MSW. Great read for #MSW and #BSW classes. www.post-gazette.com/news/social-...
Beyond survival: A Pittsburgh woman’s long road to recovery and rebuilding after sex trafficking
At any given time, millions of men, women and children worldwide are exploited through human trafficking — a crime that involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or com...
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It was an honor to be invited back to the Ask Lisa Podcast to talk about teen depression & youth suicide. I talked about the surprising drop in youth suicide rates, how to talk with a younger sibling about a suicidal crisis, and much much more. #SocialWorkMonth drlisadamour.com/resource/tee...
Teen Depression & Suicide in 2026: What's Different Now? With Dr. Jonathan B. Singer - Lisa Damour, PhD
The frightening topic of teen suicide is made worse by confusing headlines, evolving slang, and the fear of saying the wrong thing. But here's what you need to know: the research is cautiously hopeful...
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To all my social work colleagues, we know. For everyone else, take a moment to thank your favorite social worker. #SocialWorkMonth
New 1.25 CE course from instructor @jbsinger.bsky.social! www.swtpceus.com/courses/cbt-...
CBT in Action: Practice Skills for Social Workers
Learn core cognitive behavioral therapy tools—including the ABC model, cognitive distortions, and structured session planning—to support effective, time-limited treatment. 1.25 CEs.
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"what does it mean to privilege JOY in AI development?" @dupatton.bsky.social sharing his insights at #SSWR2026 @pennsp2.bsky.social
🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂 A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍 🧵⬇️ (1/5) #Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
Listening to @hsph.harvard.edu's Howard Koh give the #SSWR2026 opening plenary. He quoted his dad, "Be broad like the sky."
Enjoying a day of discussion & reflection at @howard.edu's Blackburn Center. Many familiar faces & good questions about science & social impact scholarship in the first panel, what constitutes "progress" towards ambitious goals & how to measure it. @jbsinger.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social
Ian G. Williams@igraywill.bsky.social · 8mo agoWho's going to the Grand Challenges for Social Work 10th anniversary event, the GCSW Festival of Ideas, on 1/14/26? It's right before the start of #SSWR2026 @sswrorg.bsky.social grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/join-the-202...
Friday morning at #SSWR2026: a roundtable on philosophy of science perspectives w/ Beth Counselman-Carpenter, Melissa Thompson, & @jbsinger.bsky.social. This will to be a fun jam of ideas & viewpoints. @sswrorg.bsky.social sswr.confex.com/sswr/2026/we... #SWTech #CriticalAI
Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare at The CUNY Graduate Center@gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social · 7mo agoCongratulations to our students at CUNY Graduate Center who will be giving nine presentations this week at @sswrorg.bsky.social's 30th annual conference in Washington, DC! View our schedule of student presentations here: socialwelfare.common... #SSWR2026 #SocialWork
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, COMPOSITION WITH RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW (1930) 🎨 🖼️ Piet Mondrian’s most iconic painting is Neoplasticism in refined form with primary colors, black lines, & asymmetrical balance distilled to essentials. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay
Whereas this student is being empowered for making vague and unsubstantiated references to Biblical authority, I was once placed on TPUSA's Professor Watchlist for specifically citing Biblical authority in a paper outlining the Bible's concerns about concentrated wealth. You can't win.
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that pr...
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Hey y'all! I was really honored to be on the Intuitive Voice Podcast. I talked about my take on intuition and how it shows up in my #SocialWork, #SuicidePrevention, #podcast, and #Jazz. "Trust Your Gut: Intuition in Therapy, Jazz and Podcasting with Jonathan Singer, PhD".
Trust Your Gut: Intuition in Therapy, Jazz and Podcasting with Jonathan Singer, PhD
Podcast Episode · The Intuitive Voice: The Art and Science of Knowing · 12/22/2025 · 37m
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
#NASW today delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Education signed by more than 21,250 Social Workers that urges the agency to classify social work as a professional degree and not a graduate degree. Professional degrees carry higher federal student loan eligibility: tinyurl.com/7vtsccr8
Hot of the press! New episode of the Social Work Podcast. Getting the Social Work Job You Want: Interview with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell Cc: @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2025/12/care...
Getting the Social Work Job You Want: Interview with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell
The first podcast by social workers for social workers. Big names talking about bigger ideas. 24/7/365.
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Fantastic blog by @sfreedenthal.bsky.social. a must read for anyone interested in the very complicated issue of suicide and conversational AI. speakingofsuicide.com/2025/12/10/c...
Chatbots and Suicide: Both Sides of the Story
Two recent headlines show ChatGPT’s dramatic potential to harm or help people with suicidal thoughts: “Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions” (The New York Times) “Over 1 Million U...
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Don't miss me, Leo, Eric, and the professors—@jbsinger.bsky.social & @laywilliams.bsky.social—as we bring the cheer this Thursday! #jazzsky
The Chicago Jazz Dads@chicagojazzdads.com · 8mo agoOur holiday show is coming up!
Join @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, me, and the rest of the guys Thursday evening at Evanston Pour for our annual holiday show. Playing all the seasonal favorites!
The Chicago Jazz Dads@chicagojazzdads.com · 8mo agoOur holiday show is coming up!
What better time to celebrate the amazing contributions of immigrants to American culture? Come join me, @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, and the @chicagojazzdads.com Thursday night at Evanston Pour.
I'm looking through my Macintosh user guide (the booklet that accompanied my 1984 Macintosh) for the first time in a while, and I'm a little obsessed with this graphic explaining scrolling.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Wittenberg as Dean of the University Libraries, effective January 1, 2026. Wittenberg brings extensive experience leading multi-institutional collaborations and advancing open-source technologies in library operations. More: https://bit.ly/47nZ6VA
Jamie Wittenberg named dean of University Libraries
Wittenberg brings experience in library leadership, research data management, and open scholarship as the new Libraries dean at Loyola University Chicago.
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Thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social for highlighting our lab's study (led by @hadarfisher.bsky.social & @nigeljaffe.bsky.social) using📱smartphone sensors + LLM-derived text ratings to track behavioral activation and symptom change in teens with anhedonia. bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
Smartphone Sensors + ChatGPT Successfully Tracked & Predicted Symptoms in Adolescents with Anhedonia | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
The ubiquity of smartphones and the rapid advance and widespread public adoption of “AI” tools like ChatGPT (especially among the young) have raised hopes among some researchers that such technologies...
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I feel like starting a practice of posting this every day/week. This is global estimated deaths due to USAID -- the DOGE genocide. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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New Headspace for the Workplace w Brad Anderson. Recovery wisdom = leadership wisdom. We discuss the paradox of anonymity, as well as the connection between humility & accountability. www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74 #Recovery #Leadership #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social
This is wildly illegal and he has no authority to do this
