Kamden Strunk

I’m not sure about Virginia tech. But at least at VCU we still have the Board policy barring certain practices and labels. And board appointments substantially lag election results, but perhaps boards will withdraw those policies.

Great piece! Educational Psychologist has published some good critical work the last few years, and @wcastillophd.bsky.social is great as always.

Happening March 3rd! Our next installment in the Critical Quantitative Methodologies Series will feature @bakerdphd.bsky.social. The talk is entitled: "Examining the Higher Education Policy Discourse through 75 Years of Congressional Hearing Testimony". Register at: vcu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

YouTube video by We All Count Talking Data Equity with Dr. Kamden Strunk

For anyone interested, here is a vide of my talk with the We All Count Talking Data Equity series, entitled "Against a Critical Quantitative Orthodoxy": youtu.be/sV72T04w9LU?...

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I'll be talking about critical quantitative methodologies, and the dangers of methodological orthodoxy, as part of the Talking Data Equity Series next Friday, January 23rd. If you're interested in joining this Zoom event, the registration link is weallcount.com/talking-data....

For the journal, we were able to build an algorithm to check DOIs and see if they return matching titles.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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).

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).

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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!

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!

🥳📣 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! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
www.jqtsie.com
@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

Super common conflation even in critical work!

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

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.