Travis Pashak
@profpash.bsky.social
clinical psych phd, prof at svsu, therapist
here to learn!
clinical / counseling / community psych, existentialism, psychodynamics, ontology, undergrad mentorship, being ok at teaching, social justice, metalcore, pizza, millennial michigander dad stuff
here to learn!
clinical / counseling / community psych, existentialism, psychodynamics, ontology, undergrad mentorship, being ok at teaching, social justice, metalcore, pizza, millennial michigander dad stuff
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Travis Pashak
@profpash.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Reminder that if you mentor students interested in mental health careers, please refer them to my free advising resource! There are so many options for how to train and specialize, this might help clarify desired routes.
#MIMHHP
~Michigan Mental Health Helping Professions~
mimhhp.com
#MIMHHP
~Michigan Mental Health Helping Professions~
mimhhp.com
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my dissertation data is old but at least i know it’s not AI
September 24, 2026 at 3:18 AM
my dissertation data is old but at least i know it’s not AI
Hooray Callie, huge congrats! So excited to see her work published. She’s examining resilience indicators in college Spanish heritage speakers, cool stuff.
#DevelopmentalAssets
#EmergingAdulthood
#SpanishHeritage
doi.org/10.1080/1088...
#DevelopmentalAssets
#EmergingAdulthood
#SpanishHeritage
doi.org/10.1080/1088...
Strengths and challenges of college-enrolled Spanish heritage speakers: A developmental assets approach
The present study is one of the first to examine developmental asset possession in emerging Hispanic adults, focusing on 54 Spanish Heritage Learners (SHL) enrolled in online and in-person SHL cour...
doi.org
September 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hooray Callie, huge congrats! So excited to see her work published. She’s examining resilience indicators in college Spanish heritage speakers, cool stuff.
#DevelopmentalAssets
#EmergingAdulthood
#SpanishHeritage
doi.org/10.1080/1088...
#DevelopmentalAssets
#EmergingAdulthood
#SpanishHeritage
doi.org/10.1080/1088...
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I'm reviewing applications for Notre Dame's clinical psych PhD program this fall!
If you like daily-life processes, studying drugs, and talking about pizza, consider applying!
Lab website: spiel-lab.nd.edu
If you like daily-life processes, studying drugs, and talking about pizza, consider applying!
Lab website: spiel-lab.nd.edu
Studying Processes in Everyday Life (SPIEL) Lab
Explore the Studying Processes in Everyday Life Lab at Notre Dame! We study real-time behaviors using mobile devices like smartphones. Research alcohol, substance use, pain, and more.
spiel-lab.nd.edu
September 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I'm reviewing applications for Notre Dame's clinical psych PhD program this fall!
If you like daily-life processes, studying drugs, and talking about pizza, consider applying!
Lab website: spiel-lab.nd.edu
If you like daily-life processes, studying drugs, and talking about pizza, consider applying!
Lab website: spiel-lab.nd.edu
Did my annual donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for my mom’s birthday today, and discovered they are tripling (matching x3) donation amounts for World Cancer Research Day later this week. Too cool! Pitch in if you feel able and so inclined. Mom would be 68 today.
🩷
www.bcrf.org
#BCRF
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www.bcrf.org
#BCRF
September 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Did my annual donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for my mom’s birthday today, and discovered they are tripling (matching x3) donation amounts for World Cancer Research Day later this week. Too cool! Pitch in if you feel able and so inclined. Mom would be 68 today.
🩷
www.bcrf.org
#BCRF
🩷
www.bcrf.org
#BCRF
DO YOU REMEMBAH?
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
ALT: Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
static.klipy.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM
DO YOU REMEMBAH?
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Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
September 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
“I don’t know, man…”
“Unfortunately, we know jack shit…”
I love how real this post is. But also, @awaisaftab.bsky.social, you good man?
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/maybe-dont...
“Unfortunately, we know jack shit…”
I love how real this post is. But also, @awaisaftab.bsky.social, you good man?
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/maybe-dont...
Maybe Don’t Ask Your Doctor if Zoloft Is Right for You
On imperfect tools
www.psychiatrymargins.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
“I don’t know, man…”
“Unfortunately, we know jack shit…”
I love how real this post is. But also, @awaisaftab.bsky.social, you good man?
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/maybe-dont...
“Unfortunately, we know jack shit…”
I love how real this post is. But also, @awaisaftab.bsky.social, you good man?
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/maybe-dont...
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I have a question about the future of metrics for hiring and promoting faculty in science.
Academic journal articles have been our currency for a long time, but are under extreme & mounting pressure.
Is any dept or field already using a better metric *for hiring and promoting faculty*?
Academic journal articles have been our currency for a long time, but are under extreme & mounting pressure.
Is any dept or field already using a better metric *for hiring and promoting faculty*?
September 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I have a question about the future of metrics for hiring and promoting faculty in science.
Academic journal articles have been our currency for a long time, but are under extreme & mounting pressure.
Is any dept or field already using a better metric *for hiring and promoting faculty*?
Academic journal articles have been our currency for a long time, but are under extreme & mounting pressure.
Is any dept or field already using a better metric *for hiring and promoting faculty*?
underrated take right here:
FYI: you are allowed to like things that are unpopular without complaining about their being “underrated”
September 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
underrated take right here:
FYI: you are allowed to like things that are unpopular without complaining about their being “underrated”
September 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
FYI: you are allowed to like things that are unpopular without complaining about their being “underrated”
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bro all your borogoves are mimsy rn
August 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
bro all your borogoves are mimsy rn
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1/43 Ok folks, after much teasing and anticipation, I'm THRILLED to share our new paper in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Not gonna lie: I'm proud of this one, and I hope it makes an impact on the field (so please share!).
A thread 🧵👇
A thread 🧵👇
August 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
1/43 Ok folks, after much teasing and anticipation, I'm THRILLED to share our new paper in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Not gonna lie: I'm proud of this one, and I hope it makes an impact on the field (so please share!).
A thread 🧵👇
A thread 🧵👇
Anyone else noticing their Ring notifications getting really specific?
“Fatigued quadragenerian man returns from a light but painful jog, resembles a reheated burrito, sits on porch, is motionless for quite a while, looks like he regrets his running hobby. Perhaps consider sending water or snacks.”
“Fatigued quadragenerian man returns from a light but painful jog, resembles a reheated burrito, sits on porch, is motionless for quite a while, looks like he regrets his running hobby. Perhaps consider sending water or snacks.”
August 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Anyone else noticing their Ring notifications getting really specific?
“Fatigued quadragenerian man returns from a light but painful jog, resembles a reheated burrito, sits on porch, is motionless for quite a while, looks like he regrets his running hobby. Perhaps consider sending water or snacks.”
“Fatigued quadragenerian man returns from a light but painful jog, resembles a reheated burrito, sits on porch, is motionless for quite a while, looks like he regrets his running hobby. Perhaps consider sending water or snacks.”
Noticed today that in PsycINFO, when you select a specific article and pull up the full text, the system automatically shows an AI summary.
WHY?!
The abstract is right fucking there—a short section of text which just so happens to be a summary of the article BY THE AUTHORS!
WHY?!
The abstract is right fucking there—a short section of text which just so happens to be a summary of the article BY THE AUTHORS!
August 18, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Noticed today that in PsycINFO, when you select a specific article and pull up the full text, the system automatically shows an AI summary.
WHY?!
The abstract is right fucking there—a short section of text which just so happens to be a summary of the article BY THE AUTHORS!
WHY?!
The abstract is right fucking there—a short section of text which just so happens to be a summary of the article BY THE AUTHORS!
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A simple step that should be automatic.
If you use a chatbot, instruct it not to refer to itself in the first person.
Immediately erodes the pseudosocial bond that is essential to their business model.
If you use a chatbot, instruct it not to refer to itself in the first person.
Immediately erodes the pseudosocial bond that is essential to their business model.
August 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A simple step that should be automatic.
If you use a chatbot, instruct it not to refer to itself in the first person.
Immediately erodes the pseudosocial bond that is essential to their business model.
If you use a chatbot, instruct it not to refer to itself in the first person.
Immediately erodes the pseudosocial bond that is essential to their business model.
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I loved and miss twitter.
What would you put on the Mount Rushmore of all time Tweets?
(Mount Rushmore means 4. Do not be a coward and hedge by saying more than 4. Make a decision. (Less than 4 is fine though))
(Mount Rushmore means 4. Do not be a coward and hedge by saying more than 4. Make a decision. (Less than 4 is fine though))
August 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I loved and miss twitter.
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
July 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Last day of being in my 30s!
Ran my usual 5k this morning, took my daughter to science camp, nice long bike ride with the fam, enjoyed entirely too much ice cream, and filled out my mail-in vote for the MI primary. Not a lick of any work productivity.
Pretty solid finish I’d say.
Tomorrow I’m 40.
Ran my usual 5k this morning, took my daughter to science camp, nice long bike ride with the fam, enjoyed entirely too much ice cream, and filled out my mail-in vote for the MI primary. Not a lick of any work productivity.
Pretty solid finish I’d say.
Tomorrow I’m 40.
July 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Last day of being in my 30s!
Ran my usual 5k this morning, took my daughter to science camp, nice long bike ride with the fam, enjoyed entirely too much ice cream, and filled out my mail-in vote for the MI primary. Not a lick of any work productivity.
Pretty solid finish I’d say.
Tomorrow I’m 40.
Ran my usual 5k this morning, took my daughter to science camp, nice long bike ride with the fam, enjoyed entirely too much ice cream, and filled out my mail-in vote for the MI primary. Not a lick of any work productivity.
Pretty solid finish I’d say.
Tomorrow I’m 40.
Shared insights, developed half a century apart, coined as the same name. Just incredible.
I’ll have to get Torrey’s book. Alfred Benjamin and Jerome Kottler made similar (and illustrative for students I think) analogies between psychotherapy and faith healers.
open.substack.com/pub/awaisaft...
I’ll have to get Torrey’s book. Alfred Benjamin and Jerome Kottler made similar (and illustrative for students I think) analogies between psychotherapy and faith healers.
open.substack.com/pub/awaisaft...
The Principle of Rumpelstiltskin: Psychiatrists and Witchdoctors
Torrey on the magic of the right word
open.substack.com
July 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Shared insights, developed half a century apart, coined as the same name. Just incredible.
I’ll have to get Torrey’s book. Alfred Benjamin and Jerome Kottler made similar (and illustrative for students I think) analogies between psychotherapy and faith healers.
open.substack.com/pub/awaisaft...
I’ll have to get Torrey’s book. Alfred Benjamin and Jerome Kottler made similar (and illustrative for students I think) analogies between psychotherapy and faith healers.
open.substack.com/pub/awaisaft...
The diarrhea lettuce content is good, as is the green reflecting pool stuff, but I gotta say I’m with Jimothy.
I just don’t think this bonkers summer will have anything better than this little creature. He’s clearly thriving.
#TeamJimothy
I just don’t think this bonkers summer will have anything better than this little creature. He’s clearly thriving.
#TeamJimothy
jimothy
ALT: jimothy
static.klipy.com
July 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The diarrhea lettuce content is good, as is the green reflecting pool stuff, but I gotta say I’m with Jimothy.
I just don’t think this bonkers summer will have anything better than this little creature. He’s clearly thriving.
#TeamJimothy
I just don’t think this bonkers summer will have anything better than this little creature. He’s clearly thriving.
#TeamJimothy
As a Michigander, I gotta say that I would absolutely LOVE permanent daylight savings time.
July 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
As a Michigander, I gotta say that I would absolutely LOVE permanent daylight savings time.
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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on the OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3 PM ET today at our OMB Deadline Day meeting to hear from experts and learn what comes next.
Leave your comment 👉 zurl.co/oz4dV
Register for the meeting 👉 zurl.co/iv9o0
Or links in bio!
Leave your comment 👉 zurl.co/oz4dV
Register for the meeting 👉 zurl.co/iv9o0
Or links in bio!
July 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY that you can leave a public comment on the OMB Grant Proposal. Join us from 2 - 3 PM ET today at our OMB Deadline Day meeting to hear from experts and learn what comes next.
Leave your comment 👉 zurl.co/oz4dV
Register for the meeting 👉 zurl.co/iv9o0
Or links in bio!
Leave your comment 👉 zurl.co/oz4dV
Register for the meeting 👉 zurl.co/iv9o0
Or links in bio!
I encourage folks to join me in nominating @cdelawalla.bsky.social for a Rising Star award!
It's the least we can do to honor her tireless fight to protect our field, and science more broadly, with @standupforscience.net. Importantly her academic and scholarly endeavors outside #SUFS shine as well!
It's the least we can do to honor her tireless fight to protect our field, and science more broadly, with @standupforscience.net. Importantly her academic and scholarly endeavors outside #SUFS shine as well!
Nominate a colleague for an APS honor!
APS Rising Stars: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars-nominations
APS Fellows: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows/aps-fellow-nomination
APS Rising Stars: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors/aps-rising-stars-nominations
APS Fellows: https://psychologicalscience.org/members/fellows/aps-fellow-nomination
July 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I encourage folks to join me in nominating @cdelawalla.bsky.social for a Rising Star award!
It's the least we can do to honor her tireless fight to protect our field, and science more broadly, with @standupforscience.net. Importantly her academic and scholarly endeavors outside #SUFS shine as well!
It's the least we can do to honor her tireless fight to protect our field, and science more broadly, with @standupforscience.net. Importantly her academic and scholarly endeavors outside #SUFS shine as well!
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There is STILL TIME to submit your own comment on the proposed OMB rule!
Here's our detailed guide to help, as well as our own comments for reference:
Here's our detailed guide to help, as well as our own comments for reference:
Act Now: Submit Your Comment to the OMB Proposal
Federal science funding is under the most significant threat in decades — and the window to act closes July 13.
www.psychologicalscience.org
July 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
There is STILL TIME to submit your own comment on the proposed OMB rule!
Here's our detailed guide to help, as well as our own comments for reference:
Here's our detailed guide to help, as well as our own comments for reference: