# Katherine Bowie — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/KATHERINE_BOWIE--instructor_ff1eb49eb2df7b638c4d0617) ## Dataset ### search projection #### version 1 #### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 8 ### projection id 7eb94c60c31fe3d8ae732986b7f3d069e1345ae92fd6239119e63b9d2461969d ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-10-01T19:10:41.241229+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ### designations None recorded. ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_ff1eb49eb2df7b638c4d0617 ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name Katherine Bowie ### email KABOWIE\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2025-07-13 04:59:22.367394+00:00 ### last observed at 2025-11-16 05:32:31.273726+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 57 #### quality 2.88 #### difficulty 2.63 #### quality count 57 #### difficulty count 57 #### profile id rmp:594532 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00 #### courses ##### course 18420930f9ee0380350a345f ###### review count 11 ###### quality 3.27 ###### difficulty 2.09 ###### quality count 11 ###### difficulty count 11 ##### course 3125b68df4884e00f8d21e5b ###### review count 2 ###### quality 4.5 ###### difficulty 3 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 ##### course 8cd90373f5f732f5b455b453 ###### review count 8 ###### quality 2.88 ###### difficulty 2.62 ###### quality count 8 ###### difficulty count 8 #### bayesian quality 3.0825157879341805 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/KATHERINE\_BOWIE--instructor\_ff1eb49eb2df7b638c4d0617 ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTM0Mzkx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTH104", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-09-03 02:38:40 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Long, unorganized, boring lectures. So many readings (~150 pages per week). Discussions were fine, and grading was light. Two fieldwork projects that weren't that bad. The entire class felt like busywork, and I was never engaged. She was lecturing her last semester before retiring so she probably just did not care though ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMzA3MTk2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTHRO104", "course_id": "ANTHRO 104", "course_uid": "course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f", "review_date": "2025-05-16 22:30:12 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Class was very easy and Prof. Bowie was a very interesting lecturer, only problem was she instituted a mandatory 150 question in person final which was very hard. Lectures were also impossible to take notes on due to how Prof. Bowie structured them. Due to how easy the rest of the class was though, it was still not that hard to get an A.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjkyOTk1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTHRO104", "course_id": "ANTHRO 104", "course_uid": "course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f", "review_date": "2025-05-15 15:45:36 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Lectures were irrelevant to exam material.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjAxMDU1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTHRO104", "course_id": "ANTHRO 104", "course_uid": "course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f", "review_date": "2025-05-07 22:04:49 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Dr. Bowie was not as bad as people say, but she does fall into the category of \"just alright.\" Tends to ramble, and lecture slides are impossible to understand if you are not present to hear the context. Readings were pretty long at times, but most all assignments in the class weren't too hard. Felt like busywork. Not an unsatisfying ethnic class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTY3Mjk0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTH104", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-05 21:11:02 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Avoid at all costs.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMTY1NTEy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:594532", "instructor_name": "Katherine Bowie", "course_label": "ANTH104", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-05 19:33:46 +0000 UTC", "comment": "One of the worst professors I have ever experienced, makes an ethnic studies elective much harder than it should be. Unnecessarily hard 150 question final exam that she brought out only for her last semester of teaching (~1/5 of questions were about herself). Be glad she is retiring. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 57 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_8cd90373f5f732f5b455b453 | ANTHRO 100 | | course\_18420930f9ee0380350a345f | ANTHRO 104 | | course\_3125b68df4884e00f8d21e5b | ANTHRO 330 | ### matched true ## social Image false