Tyler Pattenden, PhD

Mathematics, Statistics and Data Sci. Free Agent Educator || PhD from @WesternU || Board Game Collector || #QueerInStem🏳️‍🌈 || he/they

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Maybe summer teaching is a little fun...

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Haven't posted in forever. But felt the "twitter-verse" needed this as well.

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Feedback is out. And once again I feel so fulfilled that I made a difference. Fingers crossed that this eventually translates to something permanent.

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

50 courses applied to for the fall and winter... I love the LD life of an academic... 🫠

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

And yet... that doesn't seem to be enough to secure even a teaching-stream role. Just so defeated. Tried to do everything "right", and I watch those that do the bare minimum be rewarded. *big sigh*

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Another interview cycle down. Another year without securing a permanent role. It may be time to figure out another plan. Is post-secondary truly where I want to be? Any advice out there? I love teaching. I love engaging with students. I love developing, learning, and growing.

[Robert Talbert @RobertTalbert]

We just had a faculty meeting where we were asked to identify some of the biggest challenges facing higher ed and my institution. Number 1 on my list was "ourselves".

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

If I could teach psych students math and stats always, I would be the happiest instructor 😍

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Every time I proctor... I'm reminded that I need to buy better shoes...

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Well, it'll be another semester of a cornucopia of preps. Hopefully I can get a large amount done over the next few weeks to balance it out! Looking forward to three new courses for me to teach! The LD life is a lot though...

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

@nafrasia Thank you friend!

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Wondering if any lovely #statisticians on here could recommend a text for me... below is the topic list for a second year stats for psych course. I would prefer open-source (online, freely available) but understand if that's not possible. We also teach them R. Thanks!

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Fingers crossed one more sessional job comes through for next semester 🤞

[😡fermion, PhD @angryfermion]

the sluttiest thing a man can do is diagonalize a matrix

[😡fermion, PhD @angryfermion]

“linear algebra is mankind’s greatest invention”

oh yeah? what about these?

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Not going to lie... I was very nervous teaching physics for the first time since teacher's college... But it seems as though I'm doing okay - at least from one st's perspective.

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

One professor application sent in 🫡 now onto the several more that I need to do. Wish me luck twitter friends! Let's get a permanent job somewhere 😍

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

I have a good feeling about this hiring cycle. But I did last year too... Fingers crossed I can actually land a permanent role 🤞

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

@Aly_Meek The way I need to audit this class... So fascinating.

[Tyler Pattenden, PhD @tcpattenden]

Having a final exam in September is such an odd feeling... #blockmodel