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Jampa Khedup

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 18 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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ASIAN/RELIGST 3072026-03-20

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

So friendly! He never makes things difficult for anyone.He is really unlike that you help your absent friend to sign the attendance sheet.

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ASIAN/RELIGST 3072026-02-18

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

The best to ever do it.

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ASIAN 2682024-03-10

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Best professor I've had overall! very engaging and funny too

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ASIAN/RELIGST 3072024-03-04

Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5

Worst Professor ever

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ASIAN 2682024-02-07

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Funny, entertaining lectures, easy on students, and a fun class!

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ASIAN/RELIGST 3072023-12-15

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

few assignments, interesting content, former monk, meditate every class. very good a+

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Classes with Jampa Khedup

ASIALANG 236

Fourth Semester Modern Tibetan

4 credits

Fourth Semester Modern Tibetan focuses on intermediate-level proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing using communicative approaches.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Jampa Khedup

No recorded grade history

ASIALANG 356

Second Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students

4 credits

ASIALANG 356: graduate second-semester Asian language study with research-linked vocabulary and reflection.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Takako Nakakubo Tianlu Zhang+4 more

No recorded grade history

ASIAN 268

Tibetan Cultures and Traditions

3 credits

Introduction to ancient Tibetan cultural beliefs, practices, and motifs, including gender roles, folklore, astrology, art, medicine, and religious traditions.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Jampa Khedup

Jampa Khedup taught ASIAN 268 with engaging, funny lectures that often included guest speakers and personal experiences as a former monk. Students found the workload manageable, consisting of open-note exams, bi-weekly reflections, and a final essay, and described him as a lenient grader who made the class easy and enjoyable.

Jampa Khedup

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

ASIAN 299

Directed Study

1–3 credits

Undergraduate directed study projects arranged with a faculty member, titled DIRECTED STUDY.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Takako Nakakubo Charo D Etcheverry+15 more

No recorded grade history

ASIAN 360

Topics in Asian Literature

3 credits

Topics in Asian Literature explores specific themes, works, periods, or genres across Asia using translations as principal texts.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Jampa Khedup

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Fall 2025

ASIAN 699

Directed Study

2–3 credits

Directed Study offers students an opportunity to work with a faculty member on an individual study program in Asian studies.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Takako Nakakubo Charo D Etcheverry+19 more

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Recorded teaching history

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2027	ASIALANG 236	Fourth Semester Modern Tibetan
Spring 2027	ASIALANG 356	Second Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students
Spring 2027	ASIAN 268	Tibetan Cultures and Traditions
Spring 2027	ASIAN 299	Directed Study
Spring 2027	ASIAN 360	Topics in Asian Literature
Spring 2027	ASIAN 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ASIALANG 135	First Semester Modern Tibetan
Fall 2026	ASIALANG 235	Third Semester Modern Tibetan
Fall 2026	ASIALANG 335	Fifth Semester Tibetan
Fall 2026	ASIALANG 355	First Semester Asian Language for Graduate Students
Fall 2026	ASIAN 299	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ASIAN 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ASIAN/RELIGST 307	A Survey of Tibetan Buddhism

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

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