Matt
@phdmattdp.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. PhD. Writer. Box poker. Question asker. Higher Education Assessment & Evaluation & Student Success. Perennially disappointed as a Cubs & Bears fan. Politics, sports, analytics, assessment, ridiculousness. #boilerup #gocyclones he|him
...I don't know what's cookin' / They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me =)
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
...I don't know what's cookin' / They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me =)
In my defense, I am much closer to 50 than you are
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
In my defense, I am much closer to 50 than you are
Could be. Could also be arthritis. Or crepitus. Or normal. Mine is due to the rotator cuff repair I had in May for one, and crepitus/arthritis in the other.
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Could be. Could also be arthritis. Or crepitus. Or normal. Mine is due to the rotator cuff repair I had in May for one, and crepitus/arthritis in the other.
We couldn’t hear it at all - just you, loud and clear! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom this morning!
August 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We couldn’t hear it at all - just you, loud and clear! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom this morning!
Spandex? Asgardian magic? Positive use of the reality stone?
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Spandex? Asgardian magic? Positive use of the reality stone?
Sometimes people need permission to do things, even if whatever is able to be done is implicitly allowed. And I'm sorry I can't have some of your cake from Iowa.
July 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sometimes people need permission to do things, even if whatever is able to be done is implicitly allowed. And I'm sorry I can't have some of your cake from Iowa.
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Squirrel ladder installed in the recessed garden at the Amherst College science center 😂
July 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Squirrel ladder installed in the recessed garden at the Amherst College science center 😂
Our local Walmart uses them in the pharmacy drive-up lanes.
June 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our local Walmart uses them in the pharmacy drive-up lanes.
I used MQP in my dissertation. For a class I took (20 years ago), we used his Utilization-Focused Evaluation text (5th ed here: us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/ut...), and I still refer to that today. I also have Denzin & Lincoln's qual handbook on my shelf (us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...)
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I used MQP in my dissertation. For a class I took (20 years ago), we used his Utilization-Focused Evaluation text (5th ed here: us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/ut...), and I still refer to that today. I also have Denzin & Lincoln's qual handbook on my shelf (us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...)
I think you're eating them wrong, then. =)
April 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I think you're eating them wrong, then. =)
I believe this is akin to "beats getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick." Glad you weren't whisked away. Hopefully answers and solutions are identified soon.
April 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I believe this is akin to "beats getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick." Glad you weren't whisked away. Hopefully answers and solutions are identified soon.
Also, the notion of not just knowing this already, but getting to the knowing part FAR before my colleagues, and then having to reign in my face so it doesn't register the (real or imagined) annoyance I have that they haven't gotten it yet.
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Also, the notion of not just knowing this already, but getting to the knowing part FAR before my colleagues, and then having to reign in my face so it doesn't register the (real or imagined) annoyance I have that they haven't gotten it yet.