Current instructor

Aparna Dharwadker

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 2.85/5 from 34 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.

What students say

Original student reviews · all captured dates

ENG245 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Participation was hard for me because of my physical condition. Plus lots of reading was required, due to the professor's requirements. Examinations have strict time limits.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENG168 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Boring lectures, and attendance counts towards your grades. In-class essays written on the spot weigh heavily for your final grade.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENG168 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
The class is graded on attendance + a few in-class essays, but Dr. Dharwadker prepares you very well and they are open-note.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENG168 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Dr. Dharwadker's lectures are very dull, and while she clearly cares about the subjects, she is not very responsive to opinions that differ from her own. I did not feel like I was in an environment where I could contribute my thoughts, yet she seems annoyed when people don't participate. The reading selection was good though and exams were easy.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENG168 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
She is flexible and kind as long as you participate in class. Her lectures are a bit long and can be boring, but she is passionate about her work and knowledgeable.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENG168 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Thankfully, this professor knows that this class is primarily taken by people who don't care. Even still, she is not great at encouraging participation as she primarily wants to teach her interpretation of the text. Your full semester grade is based on four in-class writings plus attendance which is very stressful.
Rate My Professors ↗

Personal experiences, not a representative survey. Profile matching and captured coverage are shown in the source details.

Classes with Aparna Dharwadker

ENGL 335

Stage and Page in the Long Eighteenth Century

3 credits

Examines English drama from the Restoration through the eighteenth century, reading plays and theatrical publications to understand performance contexts and social changes.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.63 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Aparna Dharwadker

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sample
ENGL/THEATRE 577

Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South

3 credits

Examines drama, theory, and performance in postcolonial cultures across Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, focusing on form, language, and trans-culturation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Aparna Dharwadker

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Fall 2024 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

Explore courses taught by this instructor →
Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ENGL 335Stage and Page in the Long Eighteenth Century
Spring 2027ENGL 682Senior Honors Thesis in the Major
Spring 2027ENGL 890Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research
Spring 2027ENGL 990Dissertation Research in English
Spring 2027ENGL/THEATRE 577Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South
Fall 2026ENGL 177Literature and Popular Culture
Fall 2026ENGL 680Honors Project
Fall 2026ENGL 681Senior Honors Thesis in the Major
Fall 2026ENGL 799Independent Reading
Fall 2026ENGL 890Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research
Fall 2026ENGL 990Dissertation Research in English
Fall 2026ENGL/THEATRE 576Survey: Theories of Drama

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

Instructor identity & provenance 
{
  "instructor_uid": "instructor_9830fed4ea083654d3fc32da",
  "source": "enrollment",
  "source_instructor_id": "adharwadker",
  "identity_basis": "netid",
  "identity_status": "source_identified",
  "name": "Aparna Dharwadker",
  "email": "ADHARWADKER@WISC.EDU",
  "first_observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
  "last_observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00",
  "ratings": {
    "review_count": 34,
    "quality": 2.85,
    "difficulty": 3.12,
    "quality_count": 34,
    "difficulty_count": 34,
    "profile_id": "rmp:304350",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/304350",
    "match_basis": "exact_name",
    "observed_at": "2026-10-14 19:26:35.329847+00:00",
    "courses": {},
    "bayesian_quality": 3.149701326109804,
    "prior_mean": 3.65919358049647,
    "prior_weight": 20
  },
  "current": true,
  "courses": [
    {
      "course_uid": "course_b90b55b7bdcd981825fc22bf",
      "course_id": "ENGL 682",
      "title": "SENIOR HONORS THESIS IN THE MAJOR",
      "credits_min": 3,
      "credits_max": 3,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_bbdf013d5eae2dfd22921309",
      "course_id": "ENGL/THEATRE 577",
      "title": "POSTCOLONIAL THEATRE: DRAMA, THEORY AND PERFORMANCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH",
      "credits_min": 3,
      "credits_max": 3,
      "gpa": 3.791
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_dc1fc7a944afa46e00c6d404",
      "course_id": "ENGL 890",
      "title": "PRE-DISSERTATOR PRELIMINARY EXAM RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 12,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_e36d4961cf7884312a7e77f9",
      "course_id": "ENGL 990",
      "title": "DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN ENGLISH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 12,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_facc028682f1e291071db656",
      "course_id": "ENGL 335",
      "title": "STAGE AND PAGE IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY",
      "credits_min": 3,
      "credits_max": 3,
      "gpa": 3.7
    }
  ],
  "revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "instructor_url": "/instructors/APARNA_DHARWADKER"
}