[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDk5MzQz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2026-05-12 01:10:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Super knowledgeable on class material and has a great passion for the subjects she is teaching.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyOTYxNjA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2026-04-28 22:41:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was required for my education policy major, but I would have taken it either way. It was a really interesting class and Professor Otting is incredibly kind and funny in this class. Really interesting information and a great class!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjAwOTI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2026-02-10 20:28:08 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great Professor, her slides were extremely helpful and informative. She brought live speakers who helped get the story from someone who does studies there or is from the area. There are a couple reading and videos to watch for leacture that are important to do, but overall she is a good proffesor just hope you have a good TA. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzU5ODEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-12-20 16:46:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"I've taken a couple classes with Professor Otting. Overall, she's passionate and clearly cares about the stuff she's teaching. I would say that my TA made the class more challenging than Professor Otting did. Regardless, not a difficult class and content is easy to grasp. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTkzNDg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-12-12 00:40:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Currently working on her final paper, and it does not make sense. The final essay questions ask about policy, when this whole class was based in issues, not policy. Then she asks for multiple sources to be used per answer, when each reading does not relate to the others. It is impossible to give a good response with the given materials. so stupid","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMDAyMTk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-12-02 23:11:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really liked this professor. She seems very nice and I liked her lectures. Assigned many videos as well which was nice. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxODA3NjMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-11-05 17:23:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"I was really excited for her course, but she is just not a good professor. Class lectures feel robotic, and she does not provide grading rubrics and will randomly give pop quizzes (was NOT in the syllabus as part of a grade or mentioned as a possibility). She also will not respond to emails, and trying to have a conversation with her is difficult. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNzg0Nzcw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-10-31 16:37:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Boring professor with surface-level content and discussions. There is an overall lack of grading consistency and clarity - does not provide rubrics or clear guidelines. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNzYzNDUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-10-27 22:43:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you have the option to take 240 and 300 with a different professor, I would definetly do that. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDA4MDAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2025-04-22 21:08:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very interesting lectures that were easy to follow along. Lots of readings, but most of them were super digestible and intriguing as they were required to be used as references for the midterm and final paper. Group project in discussion worth 25% of overall grade, but it was well-explained and didn't require much time outside of class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMjk4NTk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2024-12-14 20:49:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Otting was great! Our lectures were always very engaging and we talked in groups a lot. There were many readings and videos/podcasts for class, but they were all pretty interesting and easy to get through. We only had 3 essays and a project, and while they were pretty big we had a lot of time to complete them and ask for help. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Mzk0Njg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2024-05-07 20:11:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Such a monotonic lecturer and doesn't respond to emails.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:18.314754+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NTQzMjkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2841563","instructor_name":"Jennifer Otting","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2023-12-06 20:49:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Otting had extremely intriguing lectures that were consistently enjoyable. There is some reading, but I found most of them very interesting, and they were never too complicated. The content was also interesting because students got to speak a lot from their own experiences to compare and contrast to the rest of the world.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2841563","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:20:41.017194+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTI1MzU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1727916","instructor_name":"Mark Johnson","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2024-01-25 20:53:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"A very nice professor. He is helping you to get 'A' !!!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1727916","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:20:41.017194+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2Mjc1MDMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1727916","instructor_name":"Mark Johnson","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2022-05-07 22:02:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is an amazing guy. If you have him for a class, then don't worry it will be easy. He just is definitely more geared toward graduate students/teaching. His lectures are dry and boring for undergrads. He tried to make it more collaborative and engaging but we were limited due to COVID complications. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1727916","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:20:41.017194+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NDY4Njc2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1727916","instructor_name":"Mark Johnson","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2021-12-11 04:18:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is really knowledgable, but to a fault he seems more like a grad prof than an undergrad one. He is not good at engaging the class and his lectures are nearly impossible to follow. The projects are really flexible, allowing you to explore ideas you are interested and they are graded easily. Nice guy but wouldn't take again!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1727916","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:20:41.017194+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MzQ2MjE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1727916","instructor_name":"Mark Johnson","course_label":"EDPOL240","course_id":"EDPOL 240","course_uid":"course_1e9b909bb2212163d641fabc","review_date":"2021-12-02 16:15:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Johnson seems like a really cool guy - I would definitely love to get to know him. However, the lectures are so boring. Genuinely I never knew what was going on even when I tried to pay attention. There is no real direction. His grading expectations also aren't super clear. I would try to find a different professor honestly.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1727916","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0}]