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Kamden Strunk

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

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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The School of Education at VCU is hiring a new Executive Assistant to the Dean! Please share with qualified potential candidates. I am happy to answer any questions about the position or our School. vcujobs.com/jobs/executi...
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Executive Assistant to the Dean - VCU Main Campus, Virginia, United States
Department: Dean's Suite Duties & Responsibilities: At VCU, we provide UNcommon learning, research, creativity, service and discovery — the hallmarks of the VCU experience. A premier, urban, publi...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Published today! "Finding a unicorn: LGBTQ+ individuals' experience seeking affirming counselors in the southeastern U.S." shares findings from our community-engaged study of mental health experiences of LGBTQ+ folks in the region. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“Finding a unicorn”: LGBTQ+ individuals’ experiences seeking affirming counselors in the southeastern U.S
LGBTQ+ individuals experience higher rates of mental health distress compared to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts, resulting in the population seeking mental health care at higher rate...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I was recently in a university meeting where they said Pangram has solved the accuracy problem with AI detection. I’d like to see the data and test it. My experience is the detectors have lots of false positives for really good writers.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Which I guess what I’m saying is this is the kind of thing I want AI to be able to do, but I haven’t yet found it to be especially good at this kind of thing. (Which maybe makes sense? It’s not a language probability task). I wonder about asking AI to write code that can do it.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I get the appeal and don’t really have a conceptual problem with this use of AI (though would want them to consider the broader ethical implications). My broader concern would be that every time I’ve tried to have AI do some cleaning or reconciliation task, it introduces tons of errors.
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
JQTSIE is seeking Editorial Board nominations and self-nominations. Learn more about editorial roles and submit nominations at tinyurl.com/JQTSIENomina... by July 15, 2026.  @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social #queer #trans #lgbtq #academicjournal #education
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Check out JQTSIE's newest issue: "Loud, Proud, Rooted, and Resisting: Activism and Advocacy in Tough Times"! Edited by @lizjmeyer.bsky.social & @leeairtonphd scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol3/... @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social #queer #trans #lgbtq
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Wanna support #queer and #trans #research? Today is @vcu #givingday, and #JQTSIE has a matching challenge that increases the impact of your donation! Visit tinyurl.com/jqtsievcugiv... to make your donation! @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Happening today at AERA: We’ll be sharing results from our work on state and federal factors in LGBTQ+ policies and practices in higher education.
Resistance and Retreat: Connecting Judicial and State Policy Contexts to LGBTQ+ Affirming Campus Policy
• Session type: Roundtable
• Time: 1:45PM-3:15PM
• Location: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3
• Authors: Travis Heath Olson, Ailidh Wallace, Obed Amoakoh Boateng, Kamden Strunk, Amanda J. Davis Simpfenderfer, Mario I Suárez, Jason C. Garvey
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
New publication out today! "Teaching Educational Research in Troubled Times" - in this piece @travis-h-olson.bsky.social and I write about why teaching educational research methodologies matters more now than ever, and offer some strategies for the current moment. uncp.pop.meru.host/items/1knqVn...
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Teaching Educational Research Methods in Troubled Times
The Partnership for Open Publishing (POP) was developed by UNC Press to support open-access journal publishing through the libraries in the UNC System. POP is grateful to its pilot partners at UNC G...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Now published! Our mixed-methods paper examining disclosure, campus experiences, and campus climate for LGBTQ+ students in the Southeastern U.S. In it, we find disclosure/outness complex, racialized, and gendered in its associations with campus experiences. doi.org/10.1353/csd....
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Vigorously shaking necks, perhaps?
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Tomorrow at 3PM Eastern! Follow the link in the original post to register (free!).
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Great piece! Educational Psychologist has published some good critical work the last few years, and @wcastillophd.bsky.social is great as always.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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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Talking Data Equity with Dr. Kamden Strunk
YouTube video by We All Count
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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....
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Talking Data Equity
Join We All Count for a free, informal discussion around specific topics and sectors in data equity!
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
For the journal, we were able to build an algorithm to check DOIs and see if they return matching titles.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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)
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I had to sign a loyalty oath at Oklahoma State many times (every time I was hired as a GA, adjunct, and postdoc)!
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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...
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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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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...
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Penny A. Pasque @pennypasque.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Looking or graduating this yr? Ck out this Assistant Professor for Qualitative Research at UGA for Fall ‘26. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/450...
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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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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).
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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).
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Very. But I fear my budget will not meet the demands.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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!
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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!
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🥳📣 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
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Super common conflation even in critical work!
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Just a friendly note that male and female describe legal sex or sex assigned at birth and are not really genders.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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.
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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...
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@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.
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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!
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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...
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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...
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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...
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Queer & Trans Studies in Education
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Kamden Strunk @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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!
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