Current instructor

John Hawks

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 107 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

Original student reviews · all captured dates

ANTHROPOLOGY10 · course not matched2025-05-28

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

He obviously enjoys his subject, his love for Anthropology is infectious. Profound and up to date knowledge, great lectures!

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ANTH100 · course not matched2024-11-12

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Super engaging and made class a fun time.

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ANTH100 · course not matched2024-09-18

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Professor Hawks is so sweet and really cares about what he's lecturing.

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ANTHRO 1052023-01-13

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Prof is an excellent, engaging lecturer. If you pay attention in lecture, take notes, and read the readings, you should be able to earn a high grade with low workload each week. Assignments are weekly quizzes based on lecture and reading content. Reasonable, open-note. No exams. Excellent Bio credit.

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ANTHR105 · course not matched2022-12-20

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

I'm not an anthro major, but found the class interesting! You can definitely tell when a prof like him is actually passionate about the content. He doesn't read off of slideshows, but rather, gives a lot of verbal info to supplement the images/data given. He's also really big about accessibility and records all his lectures!

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ANTHR105 · course not matched2022-12-12

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Attendance is taken for lab only while lectures can be viewed from videos that will be posted later in the week. Lectures are interesting! Dr. Hawks is an excellent professor that involves the audience with questions and does care about his students. The class is not hard, and you will pass easily as long as you do the readings assigned.

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Classes with John Hawks

ANTHRO 681

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

ANTHRO 681 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+12 more

No recorded grade history

ANTHRO 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

ANTHRO 682 is a mentored individual research course for students completing a thesis in an Honors program.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+12 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

ANTHRO 691

Senior Thesis

2 credits

ANTHRO 691 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing a senior thesis.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+12 more

No recorded grade history

ANTHRO 692

Senior Thesis

2 credits

ANTHRO 692 is a senior thesis course involving mentored individual research and study.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+12 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

ANTHRO 698

Directed Study

1–6 credits

ANTHRO 698 is an advanced directed study course where students arrange projects with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+17 more

No recorded grade history

ANTHRO 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

ANTHRO 699 is a directed study course where students conduct advanced projects arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+17 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

ANTHRO 990

Research and Thesis

1–3 credits

ANTHRO 990 is a research and thesis course for dissertators involving advanced mentored reading and research.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+16 more

No recorded grade history

ANTHRO 999

Reading and Research

1–9 credits

ANTHRO 999 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for dissertator-status students.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Sarah Clayton+16 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

ZOOLOGY 990

Research

1–9 credits

ZOOLOGY 990 is a graduate research course where students conduct advanced biological research under faculty mentorship to fulfill program requirements.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Karen Strier Jeff Hardin+40 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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Term	Course	Title
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 681	Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 682	Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 691	Senior Thesis
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 692	Senior Thesis
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 698	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 990	Research and Thesis
Fall 2026	ANTHRO 999	Reading and Research
Fall 2026	ZOOLOGY 990	Research

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

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