Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW

#NewPublication Alert ‼️ Social Work on Mars: A Narrative Foresight Analysis published in the journal of Technology in Human Services with @jbsinger.bsky.social #SWfutures #SWtech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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-...

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...

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-...

"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

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

🎉 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.

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".

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.

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...

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...

Don't miss me, Leo, Eric, and the professors—@jbsinger.bsky.social & @laywilliams.bsky.social—as we bring the cheer this Thursday! #jazzsky

Our 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!

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

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...

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...

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

The most recent reminder that we're living under an authoritarian administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Join me for my talk at 2025 #NSWM Forward Thinking Summit on "AI Tools for Executive Leadership: Strategic Implementation for Social Service Organizations". Apparently lots of folks have signed up, so thank you! #SWTech #Ai #ExecutiveLeadership #SocialWork

The Daily: Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral #AI #SuicidePrevention www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...

New study from Maddy Gould found that suicidal behaviour identified using the C-SSRS, predicted future non-fatal suicide attempts. #SuicidePrevention #SocialWork

This review examined the level of evidence for specific school-based suicide prevention interventions. Improved outcomes were found for 10 interventions. More research is needed to build the evidence base for specific interventions demonstrating improved mental health outcomes. bit.ly/3VfEmtI

So excited! Finally got around to getting a copy of @lauranissen.bsky.social Anticipatory Social Work. global.oup.com/academic/product/anticipatory-social-work-9780197665190 #SWTech

thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/... @andydrc.bsky.social @drel-dbh.bsky.social @lorilevin.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @drmikeatwater.bsky.social @icarszoey.bsky.social

Mark your calendars: 9/8 is #988Day! Be part of nationwide movement promoting #988Lifeline & crisis support. Find more information about 988 Day & how you can get involved: 988lifeline.org/988-day/ @988lifeline.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @988canada.bsky.social #WorkplaceSuicidePrevention

This week brought wins on all fronts: Catelin Drey flipped a Trump district in Iowa and broke the GOP’s supermajority in the state senate. A federal judge protected Kilmar Abrego Garcia from deportation. And yes, even ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is about to be empty. Not bad for one week.

I had a great time engaging in my selfcare Sunday night, playing with the @chicagojazzdads.com ( @laywilliams.bsky.social @jgordonwright.com, Leo and Eric) at @evanstonspace.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.

TODAY IN JAZZ: Miles Davis was brutally beaten by an NYC cop right in front of Birdland under a marquee bearing his name. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Fred Kaplan captured it well in this old @nymag.com article: nymag.com/news/feature...

Fascinating article! Participatory propaganda in conservative comment sections primarily mobilizes conservatives while paradoxically lowering conspiracy beliefs among extreme liberals, thereby intensifying polarization from both ends. cc: @profhalloran.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social

Brilliant youtu.be/d9jRC1c2vO4?...

Ever wondered why your clients seem stuck in the same relationship patterns? 🤔 Ep. 148 of the Social Work Podcast looks at what #psychodynamic theory tells us about human development. (Hint: Early relationships form "templates" that we re-enact throughout life.) #SocialWork #Podcast

Brief and heartbreaking. "What my daughter told ChatGPT before she took her life." #SWTech #Suicide www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

"The Blueprint in Your Brain: How Your Past Shapes You" NotebookLM video based on Episode 148 with @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Dr. Terry Northcut: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development. #SocialWork #SWTech

Hot off the press! Episode 148: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development: Interview with @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Dr. Terry Northcut. This episode offers profound insights into how psychodynamic theories explain why we are the way we are. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2025/08/Nort...

Happy birthday to our very own @jbsinger.bsky.social! Best drummer a jazz dad could hope for. #jazzsky