A précis of my book is now out in Philosophical Psychology as part of an upcoming book symposium. PP is the first journal in which I ever published an article. It’s a pleasure to come full circle. I’m looking forward to engaging with the thoughtful commentaries. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What the self does for psychiatry: testimony, cognitive science, and participatory objectivity

Reclaiming The Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narratives for a Humanist Science argues that contemporary scientific psychiatry has sidelined its most essential object of study: the self. Dr...

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Had a great time joining the WCNY/PBS Cycle of Health: AI in Healthcare to discuss AI, medicine, and the future of healthcare. Grateful to Rich O’Neill and the team for the invitation and to my fellow guests for making it such a fun discussion. @pbs.org video.wcny.org/video/ai-in-...

Cycle of Health | AI in Healthcare | Season 19 | Episode 1

On the season premiere, Dr. Rich and company discuss artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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My department is hiring! It’s an intellectually vibrant, deeply supportive, and a genuinely wonderful community to be part of. careers.upstate.edu/jobs/associa...

Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities - Syracuse, New York, United States

Job Summary: Primary responsibilities include teaching bioethics, law and healthhumanities in diverse settings throughout the health sciences university; engaging in clinical ethics consultation at fo...

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Our response to the commentaries on our paper, “Beyond Doomsday Fears: Why We Need to Consider the Potential Harms of AI Psychotherapy,” now out in AJOB! Access Without Accountability: Governing AI Psychotherapy Across Wellness, Clinical, and Tech Domains: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Access Without Accountability: Governing AI Psychotherapy Across Wellness, Clinical, and Tech Domains

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Excited to be in Montreal for the next couple of days for a workshop on Psychiatry on Demand!

Artemis II will be on its way today! www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

YouTube video by NASA

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Was so fun to be a guest on @wcnypbs last week!! The inimitable Rich O’Neill and I recorded two episodes on AI and medicine; will add the links once they are out! A picture with long time loves Bert and Ernie were the icing on the cake.

Whatever happened to anonymous refereeing? I keep receiving review requests from journals that disclose the authors’ identities. My response is no.

Our target article, “Beyond Doomsday Fears: Why We Need to Consider the Potential Harms of AI Psychotherapy,” is now out in the American Journal of Bioethics, accompanied by 15 terrific commentaries. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond Doomsday Fears: Why We Need to Consider the Potential Harms of AI Psychotherapy

There is increased enthusiasm about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in psychotherapy. Notably, AI psychotherapy chatbots are increasing in popularity, especially since the US F...

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Want to read some books? We have free book reviews for you! Follow this thread... #newbooks #philosophy #vol39issue1 #vol39issue2 1/10

like every year at this time of hte year, I am revieweing applications for the postdoc positions at the @center4philsci.bsky.social and here are some observations that might be useful for future applicants.

I was interviewed by the Jerk Magazine on AI and love. “Help: I Fell in Love With My AI,” by Blakesley Rhett, jerkmagazine.net/9mfehhs6kt2v...

HELP! I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY AI — Jerk Magazine

With Artificial Intelligence on the rise, some users turn to their chat bots for companionship

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Was interviewed by Politifact on AI safety and children: www.politifact.com/article/2025...

How to talk to your kids about AI chatbots and their safety

Are you a parent trying to navigate the ever-changing AI chatbot landscape? We asked experts on adolescent psychiatry and psychology for their tips about how to talk to children about AI chatbots. Her...

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We’re excited to welcome Dr. Jim Tabery as this year’s Reiss Lecturer in Ethics and Equity at SUNY Upstate’s Center for Bioethics and Humanities, April 23–24, 2026. Events are open to the public—register below and spread the word!

In 2025 I published a paper opening with an episode of The Good Place (linked below) and one opening with an episode of Seinfeld (with @dryan149.bsky.social, here link.springer.com/article/10.1...) Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one

Philosophical Psychology@journalphp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Leda Berio with What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping doi.org/10.1080/0951... Francesco Marchi on self-deception and automatic belief doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy 2/2

Really grateful for a thoughtful and thorough review of my book by Seiara Imanova @seiaraimanova.bsky.social, just out in Philosophical Psychology! @journalphp.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MENEA...

Remembering the human in psychiatry: balancing science and humanism

Published in Philosophical Psychology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Great review of @thebusyowl.bsky.social's book! Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry is an extremely well written and empowering book that can appeal to an interdisciplinary audience ... it brings lived experience back into the heart of psychiatry www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Last pub of the year! The Philosphy of Space Exploration: An Immersive Course to Explore Next Generation Ethical Considerations. Co-authored with my friend Chris Packham based on a course we co-thought at UTSA in 2022. philpapers.org/rec/TEKTPO-5

Şerife Tekin & Chris Packham, The Philosophy of Space Exploration (PoSE): An Immersive Course to Explore and Inspire Next Generation Ethical Considerations - PhilPapers

There are periods of time in humanity when a true inflection point in advancement occurs. Consider the industrial revolution, the (first) space race, or the dawn of the information age. It ...

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On my way to the upside down for this cool workshop! events.uow.edu.au/narrativepra...

such an honor! blogs.upstate.edu/withdistinct...

So happy to be back in Canada 🍁 to give a talk at McMaster. Canada was my first home away from home as a 22 yr old MA student, and it still feels that way. philos.humanities.mcmaster.ca/events/philo...

Philosophy Speaker Series: Bridging Science and Testimony: The Multitudinous Self Model for a Humanist Psychiatry – Department of Philosophy | Faculty of Humanities | McMaster University

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Just started -- but it's been brewing for a while, as both @ledaberio.bsky.social and I have been much inspired by recent very cool work by many others, especially @thebusyowl.bsky.social, Elizabeth Schechter, and Daniela Dover

🚨New Paper!🚨 Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't! We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi

We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...

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On my way to Skilled Social Interactions in the Age of AI Workshop at the University of Florida to present new work by @lizbowen.bsky.social and I: www.denkwerkstatt.berlin/FUTURE-EVENTS/

DenkWerkstatt - FUTURE EVENTS

DenkWerkstatt - zur Invasion akedemischer Elfenbeintürme

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New discount code for my book! Just in time for the holidayzzz!

Consider proposing a commentary to the American Journal of Bioethics on the forthcoming paper Megan Delehanty and I wrote on the harms of AI psychotherapy chatbots!

"There’s really barely any evidence that shows that [AI therapy chatbots] are in fact effective...We do not have longitudinal studies that look at people with diagnosis of mental disorders who did not have any other kind of help, who used these chatbots, and can say that they benefited from these.”

Şerife Tekin, PhD@thebusyowl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I talked to Prevention about the use of AI chatbots for psychotherapy. www.prevention.com/health/menta...

"Plus, many studies are being conducted by the companies who are trying to sell their product, which is a “research integrity and conflict of interest issue,” Tekin notes."

Şerife Tekin, PhD@thebusyowl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I talked to Prevention about the use of AI chatbots for psychotherapy. www.prevention.com/health/menta...

“Most of the studies, however, aren’t without limitations. So far, much of the current research on AI chatbots for mental health support has been non-randomized, non-controlled, and small in sample size, says Şerife Tekin"

Şerife Tekin, PhD@thebusyowl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I talked to Prevention about the use of AI chatbots for psychotherapy. www.prevention.com/health/menta...

I talked to Prevention about the use of AI chatbots for psychotherapy. www.prevention.com/health/menta...

Can an AI Chatbot Become Your Therapist? We Had Real People Put It to the Test

Some apps are promising to expand access to mental health care—but do the benefits outweigh the downsides?

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