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Kamden Strunk

@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social

Professor of Research Methodologies in Education @ VCU, focusing on quantitative methodologies, critical quantitative methods, and queer and trans studies.

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The ethical guidelines from COPE have flexibility on institutional reporting and we’re supposed to consider severity and intent. The case my journal had recently we decided against institutional reporting but I’m open to being convinced I was wrong.

04.12.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what I always understood. That you can’t take adverse action prior to a finding of wrongdoing. But I don’t know all of those procedures and hope to never have to learn them in depth.

30.11.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting question. In previous Title IX complaints I’ve known about, either from students or as someone interviewed as a witness, the instructor alleged to have committed misconduct was not suspended. Not at OU but two other institutions with some things in common.

30.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting - I'd seen RCM models as being not great for schools of education in general with some features that are maybe not great for collaboration, too. Curious about why other models are signs of budget problems (as a definite non-expert in higher ed finance)

24.11.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For all the hand wringing on the left about trans rights being difficult for democrat candidates, last night should be a lesson. The rep VA governor candidate ran on an anti trans platform (with constant and vile TV and radio ads) and lost in a landslide.

05.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to sign a loyalty oath at Oklahoma State many times (every time I was hired as a GA, adjunct, and postdoc)!

05.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Against a Critical Quantitative Orthodoxy: Proliferation of Methodologies as a Liberatory Potential - published on October 24, 2025 The recent growth of critical quantitative methodologies has opened new and promising domains of quantitative inquiry. That has necessarily involved the development of methodological systems of thinki...

Out now! My new piece: "Against a Critical Quantitative Orthodoxy: Proliferation of Methodologies as a Liberatory Potential" is now available online! doi.org/10.5840/inqu...

27.10.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The thing giving my anxiety is I truly don’t know how our institution would handle it if asked. I think it’s probably a tough decision for any. But tough decision and enthusiastic excitement are different.

02.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder - Next month, we'll host @kevinguyan.bsky.social at VCU for a virtual session! This is free and open to anyone to attend, but registration is required: vcu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

13.09.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor The Qualitative Research Program in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia invites applications for the position of tenure track Assistant Profes...

Looking or graduating this yr? Ck out this Assistant Professor for Qualitative Research at UGA for Fall β€˜26. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/450...

27.08.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Generator for alternative image text seems good. I’d like to turn off the rest (because asking to burn it in the fires of hell seems like a reach at this point).

24.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My tip as an editor for reviewers: If I've asked you to review a revision, all I really want is to know if you feel your prior comments have been addressed. You likely don't need a second extremely close read. This is also not the moment to raise new issues (unless the revision introduced them).

18.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm at that stage of my writing process where I've organized my files, updated my whiteboard, and deep cleaned my office, and I got my syllabus in order for Fall.

15.07.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming up this fall - our next Critical Quantitative Methodologies Series speaker! We'll be joined on October 14th by @kevinguyan.bsky.social for his talk on "Box Breakers: Queer Data, Categories, and Who Counts?". Talk is via Zoom at 3PM EDT. Register at vcu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

07.07.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Three international students we admitted declined and two of them aren’t coming to any US institution. For context, that means we have zero new international students in my program.

23.06.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New publication! "QuantCrit at the intersections: A systematic review of gender and sexuality in QuantCrit research" is now published. In it, we review QuantCrit publications to examine how/whether authors took up gender and sexuality, and offer recommendations. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lIVL8MqMi...

20.06.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very. But I fear my budget will not meet the demands.

18.06.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are looking for new Associate Editors (who handle manuscripts and assign reviewers) and Consulting Editors (who review manuscripts) for JQTSIE! Please consider applying for these roles to help us keep up the pace and rigor of the journal!

16.06.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A little professional update: I’ve accepted a role here at VCU as Interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development starting next month. I’ll keep up my research allocation and some work with students, too. Excited to work to support and enhance faculty success!

12.06.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³πŸ“£ Call for abstracts: Special Issue of JQTSIE:
"Critical Approaches to Queering STEM Education"
edited by @drjgutz.bsky.social & @ftmathteacher.bsky.social!
Abstracts are due SOON: May 30, 2025! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
www.jqtsie.com
@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

19.05.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Super common conflation even in critical work!

07.05.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a friendly note that male and female describe legal sex or sex assigned at birth and are not really genders.

07.05.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care Training in Counselor Education: A Community‐Based Inquiry Counselor educators, counselors-in-training, and LGBTQ+ community members engaged in a community-based qualitative inquiry exploring LGBTQ+ affirmative care education. Findings revealed counselor edu...

New publication out today: "LGBTQ+ Affirmative Care Training in Counselor Education: A Community-Based Inquiry" is available open access! doi.org/10.1002/ceas...
This piece, with Nancy Thacker Darrow and Thea Racelis, draws from our Spencer-funded work with counselors-in-training and educators.

28.04.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@aeraedresearch.bsky.social rescheduled our meet the editors session so that it now has conflicts for all of our editors. If you want to talk about the journal, though, please reach out! We’re around this week or can talk via Zoom later.

23.04.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Giving Day for VCU! You can help us support the Journal of Queer and Trans Studies, keeping us free and open access to support LGBTQ+ research! Please give what you can. Even $10 gets us closer to our fundraising goals and helps us compete in giving day challenges for bonus funds!

22.04.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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RAE at AERA 2025 Wednesday, April 23rd Educational Research in Transition: From Classical Methods to Machine Learning Session Type: Paper Session 12:40 to 2:10pm, Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room Level, Room...

If you'll be at AERA this week, come see work by me and other faculty and students in our Research Assessment and Evaluation program! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

21.04.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you attending @aeraedresearch.bsky.social's Annual Meeting in Denver? Have an idea for an article or special issue? Want to talk w/ the editors about your research? Want to learn more about the journal? Come meet us!

@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

19.04.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Queer & Trans Studies in Education Join me and make a gift to VCU's Giving Day!

It's almost Giving Day here at VCU! Consider supporting the Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education with a donation! Help us keep the journal completely open-access and fee-free.

Please consider making a gift today, and also consider sharing with your networks: give.vcu.edu/schools/Virg...

31.03.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Coming soon, our manuscript on "A person-centered, multi-method examination of disclosure, campus experiences, and perceptions of campus climate for LGBTQ+ students in the Southeastern United States" was accepted! This one has been a couple of years in the making, and has amazing student authors!

31.03.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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