Historical instructor

EVELYN HOWELL

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 2.77/5 from 43 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

BIOCORE 381
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Evelyn is fine, but boring. She reads slowly off the slides and that's about it. Makes it hard to focus in lecture so the textbook is a good supplement since most of the content is from there. Takes off random points on exams but overall the ecology exam of 381 was not hard.
Rate My Professors ↗
LA668 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Evelyn's lectures consisted of reading everything from the slides slowly, while providing minimal additional information. Her grading is absolutely random as she would take off fractions of points for no apparent reason, and give minimal justification. She allegedly had a rubric for assignments which seems to be imaginary. Bizarre professor. Avoid.
Rate My Professors ↗
BIOCORE 381
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Her slides are purposefully confusing just so people do not skip lectures. Her grading is based in nothing, written all in pencil and impossible to read, and you will lose 0.2 points because she feels like it. No study guides or practice exams. She is terrible with technology, boring in lectures, and overall not a good prof. I don't rec. Biocore.
Rate My Professors ↗
BIOCORE 381
Quality 3/5Difficulty 5/5
It is difficult to learn from her slides. They are often loaded with text and it becomes difficult to know what is actually expected from you on the exams. I still suggest taking 381, but it will be a lot of independent work. There are no practice exams available, no note cards, and she usually answers students questions with another question :/
Rate My Professors ↗
BIOCORE 381
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Howell is such a frustrating teacher to learn under. Her grading criteria is stringent and not based in anything, just her objective opinion of the assignment. Her lectures are boring and are often screenshots of the textbook. She is difficult to access during her office hours and can be condescending to her students during office hours.
Rate My Professors ↗
BIOCORE 381
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Evelyn was an okay professor. She could definitely use some help with technology as she sometimes messed up her slides, but it didn't ruin lecture. Her lectures were sometimes boring, but the material wasn't too hard and you don't have to read the textbook.
Rate My Professors ↗

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

Classes with EVELYN HOWELL

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

View last recorded teaching term →

No courses match this selection. Try the full catalog or another term.

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

Explore courses taught by this instructor →
Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026LANDARC 375Special Topics
Spring 2026LANDARC 381Plants for Ecological Design II
Spring 2026LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Spring 2026LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2026LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2025BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2025LANDARC 380Plants for Ecological Design I
Fall 2025LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2025LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2025ENVIRST/LANDARC 361Wetlands Ecology
Spring 2025LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Spring 2025LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2024BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2024LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2024LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2024LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2024LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2024LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2023BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2023LANDARC 380Plants for Ecological Design I
Fall 2023LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2023LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2023LANDARC 720Critical Inquiry Into Landscape Design Expression
Fall 2023LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2023LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2023ZOOLOGY 698Directed Study
Spring 2023LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2023LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2023LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Spring 2023URBRPL 932Seminar-research Review and Criticism
Fall 2022BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2022LANDARC 375Special Topics
Fall 2022LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2022LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2022LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Spring 2022LANDARC 866Seminar in Natural Plant Community Restoration and Management
Spring 2022LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2022LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2021BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2021LANDARC 375Special Topics
Fall 2021LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2021LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2021LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2020BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2020LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2020LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2020LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2020LANDARC 211Shaping the Built Environment
Spring 2020LANDARC 375Special Topics
Spring 2020LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2020LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2019BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2019FOLKLORE 530Topics in Folklore
Fall 2019LANDARC 250Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
Fall 2019LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2019LANDARC 866Seminar in Natural Plant Community Restoration and Management
Fall 2019LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2019LANDARC 211Shaping the Built Environment
Spring 2019LANDARC 375Special Topics
Spring 2019LANDARC 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2019LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Spring 2019LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2019LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2018BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2018LANDARC 250Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
Fall 2018LANDARC 668Restoration Ecology
Fall 2018LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Fall 2018LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2018LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2018LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2018LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2018LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2017BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2017LANDARC 250Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
Fall 2017LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Fall 2017LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2017LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2017LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Spring 2017LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2017LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2016BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2016LANDARC 250Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
Fall 2016LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Fall 2016LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2016LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Spring 2016LANDARC 375Special Topics
Spring 2016LANDARC 699Special Problems-landscape Architecture
Spring 2016LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2016LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2016LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2015BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics
Fall 2015LANDARC 250Survey of Landscape Architecture Design
Fall 2015LANDARC 710Theories of Landscape Change
Fall 2015LANDARC 720Critical Inquiry Into Landscape Design Expression
Fall 2015LANDARC 990Research
Fall 2015LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Spring 2015LANDARC 940Graduate Seminar
Spring 2015LANDARC 990Research
Spring 2015LANDARC 999Independent Studies
Fall 2014BIOCORE 381Evolution, Ecology, and Genetics

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

Instructor identity & provenance
{
  "instructor_uid": "instructor_9471299a4ea0c678170f4ac8",
  "source": "madgrades",
  "source_instructor_id": "527759",
  "identity_basis": "source_id",
  "identity_status": "source_identified",
  "name": "EVELYN HOWELL",
  "email": null,
  "first_observed_at": "2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00",
  "last_observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
  "ratings": {
    "review_count": 43,
    "quality": 2.77,
    "difficulty": 3.3,
    "quality_count": 43,
    "difficulty_count": 43,
    "profile_id": "rmp:319454",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/319454",
    "match_basis": "exact_name",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:40:01.303863+00:00",
    "courses": {
      "course_52a1055a4196c042b145bf49": {
        "review_count": 12,
        "quality": 2.58,
        "difficulty": 3.25,
        "quality_count": 12,
        "difficulty_count": 12
      }
    },
    "bayesian_quality": 3.0524399312846335,
    "prior_mean": 3.6596857835465957,
    "prior_weight": 20
  },
  "grade_statistics": {
    "gpa": 3.399,
    "graded": 3120,
    "counts": [
      1477,
      535,
      722,
      107,
      172,
      47,
      60
    ],
    "sections": 227
  },
  "current": false,
  "courses": [],
  "revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "instructor_url": "/instructors/EVELYN_HOWELL--instructor_9471299a4ea0c678170f4ac8"
}