Current instructor

Christine Garlough

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 40 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.

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What students say

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GENWS449 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Christine is so sweet, caring, and compassionate. She creates such a warm environment and made class enjoyable and low-stress. Was such a nice break in an otherwise busy day. The content was interesting and class is heavily discussion based. The curriculum feels scattered and redundant at points, but that may just be the topic matter.
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GWS840 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof Garlough is caring, funny and truly a joy to learn from and with.
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GENWS449 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I could not recommend Professor Garlough enough! The care she has for her students and the topics she teaches is unmatched. I would truly be honored to take another one of her classes!!!!
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GENWS449 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
If all professors were like Dr. Garlough, the world would be a much better place. Lectures are full of lots of information but the environment is very friendly and Dr. Garlough is very understanding.
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GENWS102 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Garlough is super sweet and has her students' best interest at heart. However, the required readings were not discussed during discussion most of the time, and her lectures covered so many topics, but all superficially. Her slides had too much information on. The midterm/final and paper were all fairly easy to do well on and get an A.
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GENWS102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Best professor hands down. Genuinely cares about her students wellbeing and taking something out of her class. Not hard grader, she just wants you to learn and take what's being said in her class to the outside world. She IS amazing. She's so personable and super interesting to listen to. HIGHLY recommend!
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Classes with Christine Garlough

GEN&WS 640

Capstone Seminar in Gender and Women's Studies

3 credits

Capstone seminar for GWS majors focusing on major contributions of the field, honing interdisciplinary skills, and applying feminist theory knowledge.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Christine Garlough

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ENGL 799Independent Reading
Spring 2027GEN&WS 640Capstone Seminar in Gender and Women's Studies
Spring 2027GEN&WS 682Senior Honors Thesis II
Spring 2027GEN&WS 692Senior Thesis II
Spring 2027GEN&WS 790Research & Thesis: Master's and Professional Level
Spring 2027GEN&WS 799Independent Research at the Master's and Professional Level
Spring 2027GEN&WS 990Research & Thesis
Spring 2027GEN&WS 999Independent Research
Fall 2026ENGL 799Independent Reading
Fall 2026GEN&WS 449Special Topics in Feminist Theory
Fall 2026GEN&WS 681Senior Honors Thesis I
Fall 2026GEN&WS 691Senior Thesis I
Fall 2026GEN&WS 699Directed Study
Fall 2026GEN&WS 790Research & Thesis: Master's and Professional Level
Fall 2026GEN&WS 799Independent Research at the Master's and Professional Level
Fall 2026GEN&WS 840Pedagogy in Gender and Women's Studies
Fall 2026GEN&WS 990Research & Thesis
Fall 2026GEN&WS 999Independent Research

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

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