# GAIL GEIGER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### departments

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## instructor

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### name

GAIL GEIGER

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "I'm an Art History Major, Honors student and have a 3.8 overall GPA at UW-Madison. However, I am getting a C in Geiger's renaissance art course. She has unrealistic expectations and is completely disorganized (the class didn't even have a syllabus). When I went to her office asking how I could improve she told me that I wasn't working hard enough.",
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    "comment": "The most insufferable professor I have ever interacted with.  The experience of her and her class landed me crying in my advisor's office, asking to undeclare my art history major (I was dissuaded by a grad student, thankfully). Disorganized, mean, careless, and all around poor teacher. Worst class I have ever taken.",
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    "comment": "Geiger is by far the hardest grader I have ever had-she literally expects you to remember everything from lecture and the readings for the exams. Her lectures and readings are disorganized. However she is very approachable in office hours and does want her students to succeed. I would avoid in the future unless you'e willing to put a ton of time.",
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    "comment": "She's willing to help students with their questions. But her reading material is a total disaster, so disorganized. It is painful going through the reading material to find things.",
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    "comment": "SHOULD NOT BE AT UW! Terrible professor, terrible person. Harsh, condescending, uninspiring, a neanderthal with technology, irrational with her expectations and grading methodology, and insanely disorganized.  She didn't have the syllabus completed until the very last day of class! An old school professor only interested in her own research.",
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