Current instructor

Karyn Riddle

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.81/5 from 16 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

COMARTS/HDFS/JOURN 616
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Riddle is an excellent instructor who is deeply invested in student success. She is incredibly helpful with course accommodations and makes the material truly engaging. Her expertise regarding media trends and youth culture makes lectures insightful and relevant. I highly recommend this class.
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J616 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Karyn Riddle was by FAR the best professor I've ever had. She is so down to earth, so organized, and just gets that we are all...human! Didn't have time to do an assignment? She gets it. Not only does she get it but she reaches out privately to make sure everything is ok. She's also so enthusiastic about her job&makes her lectures enjoyable.
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JOURN 565
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
One of my fav professors ever. Karyn was so compassionate and wanted her students to succeed. She made the course content truly engaging, even when it seemed like it would be boring. She was so passionate about the material she was teaching. Group project was fairly easy with the right group. Would definitely take her classes again.
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J447 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Riddle is amazing, she really cares about students. I'm bad at math, but she is fantastic at explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand! There is a big project in this class, but it's broken down into benchmarks so it's not overwhelming. I will be taking my third class with her next year, she is my favorite professor at UW!
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JOURN 565
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Riddle is one of the best professors I have had. She was super understanding and the online lectures were short and interesting. There was some reading but not much, and we had a ton of time for the group project so it wasn't overwhelming. I'm definitely planning on taking another class with Prof Riddle if possible!
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Classes with Karyn Riddle

JOURN 176

Special Topics in Mass Communication

1–3 credits

JOURN 176 is a special topics course focusing on specific conceptual issues or topics within mass communication.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

Karyn RiddleAdam Schrager

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
JOURN 658

Communication Research Methods

4 credits

JOURN 658 is a survey of methods for investigating mass communication processes and their effects.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.71 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.81 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Karyn Riddle

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026
JOURN 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

JOURN 682 is a senior honors thesis course involving mentored individual research and study for journalism majors completing their honors requirements.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+15 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
JOURN 697

Internship

1–3 credits

JOURN 697 is an advanced directed study course where students arrange projects based on internship experience with faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+19 more

No recorded grade history

JOURN 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

JOURN 699 is a directed study course allowing students to arrange advanced projects with faculty.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+20 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample
JOURN 990

Thesis

1–9 credits

JOURN 990 is an advanced thesis course providing mentored reading and research for students with dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+16 more

No recorded grade history

JOURN 999

Independent Research Problems

2–4 credits

JOURN 999 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for dissertators.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Michael WagnerLindsay Palmer+16 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026JOURN 176Special Topics in Mass Communication
Fall 2026JOURN 658Communication Research Methods
Fall 2026JOURN 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 692Senior Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 697Internship
Fall 2026JOURN 699Directed Study
Fall 2026JOURN 990Thesis
Fall 2026JOURN 999Independent Research Problems

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