Courtney E. Cole PhD

Unrepentant pop music lover, cardio junkie, reluctant gym rat, Red Sox fan, peace & justice researcher, media & communication professor & #academicmama. she/her

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

People ask why I teach. These 2 photos are my answer. College students give me hope. Good thing, cause there's so much work still to do.

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@raulpacheco Literally just about to eat a chocolate chip cookie! (Have been up for 4 hours to be fair ... and yes, lots of grading!!!)

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@MilesPerHoward Meanwhile, the rest of us couldn't even afford the sandwich before, never mind after! Honestly, a dystopian novel couldn't plot things this bleak.

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@MilesPerHoward I am trying to figure out why this tweet bugs me. I guess because if we can't convince people based on the wanton human devastation this is wreaking ... it seems like probably a sandwich won't change their mind??

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@Ga91688634 Hang in there. ♥️ You're doing great. We are all struggling!

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@pehenne Wild, right? Also, doesn't early March feel like 3 years and several decades ago??

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

Rich progeny dunking on their family brand is my new favorite Twitter content.

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

Highly encourage everyone to put a small sticky note over the video feed of themselves. Makes a huge difference!

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@mvrk0s My four-year-old absentmindedly sang "bam bam bam" tonight while playing, and I never thought that hearing my son sing Sweet Caroline in April, a few miles from Fenway, could make me feel so devastated. Hard to imagine being there again with them. :(

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@jamiattenberg @Kristen_Arnett @Loyaltybooks This is the quarantine content I wanna see.

Will they be recorded/posted? If not, firing up the @PBSKIDS app for my tiny humans.

Thx for all your generosity!

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@jmjafrx Paper. 🤷🏼‍♀️❤️

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

All 6 may be true ... but strange not to consider how effects--public health and otherwise--of a(nother, bigger) surge as a result of re-opening would impact public opinion, social movements, and voting. 🤷‍♀️🤔

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@jamiattenberg I cannot love this enough!

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Way to focus on the important things @bopinion. I know most students really come to class for my outfits and hairstyle. 🙄

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

If August rolls around and colleges and universities remain shuttered, it doesn’t mean that they can’t operate.

But college students aren’t going to want to shell out $50,000 a year to watch their haggard-looking professor on Zoom https://t.co/RoD15l9byt

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

All I can say about this is the definition of "complete jerk" must be regionally specific. Because I would classify this email as "a little cranky, understandably." Which is also how I would classify this tweet. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@MikeLynch09 Could not agree more. As I'm sorting through email while bathing my children. In a week in which my 7-year-old has made an appearance in nearly all of my advising sessions. The advice in this piece is wrong-headed and inhumane and frankly ignorant. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@growingwisdom @kelleytuthill @MassGovernor @GovJanetMills Have mercy.

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@_SteveBurks Honestly the Zoom arrival ding makes me shudder at this point.

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

When you've had 12 advising appointments in 2 days, it's the 3rd to last week of the semester, & 4- & 7-year old are home w/you, you might dump defrosted container of tomato sauce on leftover pasta. Then realize it's pumpkin. And just eat it anyway. 🤷‍♀️😂🙄

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

Every single word here.

[Patrick Skinner @SkinnerPm]

It took me a solid year of kind days to get to this point w/ neighbors. Every shift. Connect. Care. Then do it again tomorrow. We are the most short-cut loving grand gesture loving country and it backfires. There’s no short cut. Just do the right thing right now. Then do it again

[Courtney E. Cole PhD @cecphd]

@j_harriswrites @fannychoir I'm so curious to try! Thank you for sharing. :)