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....

“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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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

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

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

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.

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...

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....

Tomorrow at 3PM Eastern! Follow the link in the original post to register (free!).

Kamden Strunk@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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...

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...

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...

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?...

Talking Data Equity with Dr. Kamden Strunk

YouTube video by We All Count

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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....

Talking Data Equity

Join We All Count for a free, informal discussion around specific topics and sectors in data equity!

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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.

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...

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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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...

Kamden Strunk@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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

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...

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...

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!

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE)@jqtsie.bsky.social · last yr.

JQTSIE invites Editorial board nominations until July 14, especially Associate & Consulting Editors. Learn more & submit a nomination: tinyurl.com/jqtsienomina... To learn more about JQTSIE, visit www.jqtsie.com @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

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

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.

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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@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.

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE)@jqtsie.bsky.social · last yr.

We must cancel the "Meet the Editors" session at AERA b/c Editors are double-booked for multiple sessions. If you have JQTSIE-related questions/needs , please reach out the Editors, and we're very happy to support you! @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social

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!

Kamden Strunk@kamdenstrunk.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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...

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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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

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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Join me and make a gift to VCU's Giving Day!

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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!