Dr Courtney Hagen Ford
@chf-ldn.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Marketing. I love: consumer culture theory, surveillance studies, caffeine, sociology of parenting/childhood, history podcasts, and pretty much all kinds of film.
Posts are my views, not my employer's.
Posts are my views, not my employer's.
Thank you for thinking of me.
Also, that's creepy as hell.
Also, that's creepy as hell.
September 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thank you for thinking of me.
Also, that's creepy as hell.
Also, that's creepy as hell.
She was mentioned on an episode of Horrible Science; I was SO excited to tell my son about her.
August 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
She was mentioned on an episode of Horrible Science; I was SO excited to tell my son about her.
I once tried to explain pre decimal currency to one of my first years (she wasn't British) and all I could come up with was: 'you know how in Harry Potter they had weird money, British money was a bit like that.'
August 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I once tried to explain pre decimal currency to one of my first years (she wasn't British) and all I could come up with was: 'you know how in Harry Potter they had weird money, British money was a bit like that.'
But but, it's a franchise-able IP!!! /s
As disjointed as it's gotten, Amazon will still run with it. MAYBE a young/in training Bond might work.
For me, more Le Carre/Cambridge 5 kinda stuff please.
As disjointed as it's gotten, Amazon will still run with it. MAYBE a young/in training Bond might work.
For me, more Le Carre/Cambridge 5 kinda stuff please.
August 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
But but, it's a franchise-able IP!!! /s
As disjointed as it's gotten, Amazon will still run with it. MAYBE a young/in training Bond might work.
For me, more Le Carre/Cambridge 5 kinda stuff please.
As disjointed as it's gotten, Amazon will still run with it. MAYBE a young/in training Bond might work.
For me, more Le Carre/Cambridge 5 kinda stuff please.
And with apologies to @flavorflav.bsky.social: Pesto Enemy
August 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And with apologies to @flavorflav.bsky.social: Pesto Enemy
🧵 oh, and my mum was the first person in her family to go to uni. After retirement, dad did a BA History for fun. My sis did an MA in Modern History. And me, well I'm only the second person in my family to get a PhD.
End of thread.
End of thread.
August 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🧵 oh, and my mum was the first person in her family to go to uni. After retirement, dad did a BA History for fun. My sis did an MA in Modern History. And me, well I'm only the second person in my family to get a PhD.
End of thread.
End of thread.
🧵 had a good career teaching hundreds of schoolkids before retirement.
The moral of the story: #alevel results don't define your entire life, and nontraditional paths to learning/success are valid. 5/
The moral of the story: #alevel results don't define your entire life, and nontraditional paths to learning/success are valid. 5/
August 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🧵 had a good career teaching hundreds of schoolkids before retirement.
The moral of the story: #alevel results don't define your entire life, and nontraditional paths to learning/success are valid. 5/
The moral of the story: #alevel results don't define your entire life, and nontraditional paths to learning/success are valid. 5/
🧵 so she applied and got in to #SFU. Did a BA and teacher training, started working in primary schools. Discovered a passion for teaching math, started doing all sorts of experiential learning. Did an MA, then went mad and did a PhD. 4/
August 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 so she applied and got in to #SFU. Did a BA and teacher training, started working in primary schools. Discovered a passion for teaching math, started doing all sorts of experiential learning. Did an MA, then went mad and did a PhD. 4/
🧵 she moved to Canada, had me and my sister. Made extra $ typing up notes and essays fir local uni students (secretary skills!). One of them, who she was friends with until he died, said 'you're just as smart as all these students, why don't you apply ' 3/
August 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🧵 she moved to Canada, had me and my sister. Made extra $ typing up notes and essays fir local uni students (secretary skills!). One of them, who she was friends with until he died, said 'you're just as smart as all these students, why don't you apply ' 3/
🧵 she left school at 16, did the secretary thing. Still friends with her first boss.
But she wanted more, so she tried an A Level at night school while my dad (O Level in woodworking only) did his accountancy studies.
Mum failed, and gave up on education for decades. 2/
But she wanted more, so she tried an A Level at night school while my dad (O Level in woodworking only) did his accountancy studies.
Mum failed, and gave up on education for decades. 2/
August 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🧵 she left school at 16, did the secretary thing. Still friends with her first boss.
But she wanted more, so she tried an A Level at night school while my dad (O Level in woodworking only) did his accountancy studies.
Mum failed, and gave up on education for decades. 2/
But she wanted more, so she tried an A Level at night school while my dad (O Level in woodworking only) did his accountancy studies.
Mum failed, and gave up on education for decades. 2/
Pierogis AND trans rights? Yes please!
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Pierogis AND trans rights? Yes please!
Does this come in handy covid-style maskd I can carry in my backpack?
August 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Does this come in handy covid-style maskd I can carry in my backpack?
Gotta remember to wear my I Am Become Plastic shirt the day I do the lecture.
August 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Gotta remember to wear my I Am Become Plastic shirt the day I do the lecture.
Can I use this (with credit) when discussing AI with my students?
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Can I use this (with credit) when discussing AI with my students?