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
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
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Opinion | Remedies to the ‘Boy Crisis’
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September 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
The score to this film rocks!
July 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The score to this film rocks!
Lonesome Dove ruined me for most books. It’s perfect.
July 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Lonesome Dove ruined me for most books. It’s perfect.
These are weird times. If you can assign an incomplete grade rather than fail a student, I hope you will consider it.
July 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
These are weird times. If you can assign an incomplete grade rather than fail a student, I hope you will consider it.
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.
Plus, faculty rarely operate according to deadlines...things are ready when they are done.
July 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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.
Plus, faculty rarely operate according to deadlines...things are ready when they are done.
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.
July 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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.
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.
July 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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.
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.
July 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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.
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.
July 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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.
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.
From my perspective, all online classes in the midst of a global pandemic is reason enough.
July 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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.
From my perspective, all online classes in the midst of a global pandemic is reason enough.
What in the KFC is a paternity list?
June 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What in the KFC is a paternity list?
I read that the crowd was “one deep”
June 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I read that the crowd was “one deep”
Not me. The Build to Broaden mechanism that was best for my project has been cancelled.
June 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Not me. The Build to Broaden mechanism that was best for my project has been cancelled.
Very cool. Does your data allow you to test the Chinese zodiac?
June 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Very cool. Does your data allow you to test the Chinese zodiac?
I give new parents A Kiss for Little Bear. It’s got drama, kissing, and a pissed off hen.
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I give new parents A Kiss for Little Bear. It’s got drama, kissing, and a pissed off hen.