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Katherine Phelps

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 24 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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GWS102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Kate is a very personable and enjoyable professor who loves what she does. She appreciates participation and effort. Very accessible. One exam = final. Weekly discussions are easy if you make them (read the material!!). Not graded on much so do your best on every assignment. So much reading I was always a little behind. Slides + lectures on Canvas.
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GENWS102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Not many assignments. One in class exam, which was the final. The final is a written essay on two questions. Not much to say. All lectures are recorded and streamed. Discussions were easy.
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GWS535 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
This professor is very passionate and engaging. This course is very reading heavy and there are reading quizzes about every week (with warning). There are also weekly papers and a final assignment (no exams). In-class discussions are key for participation points.
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GWS449 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I have taken a few classes with Dr. Kate and she is amazing! Great prof and human being. She is very compassionate and understanding. If you communicate with them, they are very willing to help/make a plan. Overall, amazing!
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GENWS102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Absolutely love Professor Phelps, she's so helpful and cares for her students. The course is easy to understand as long you show up to lectures, even if they're not mandatory, still try to go when you don't feel like it.
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GENWS102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
I absolutely loved Dr. Phelps.
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Classes with Katherine Phelps

GEN&WS 423

The Female Body in the World: Gender and Contemporary Body Politics in Cross Cultural Perspective

3 credits

Explores the social, cultural, and political construction of the female/feminine body in cross-cultural perspective.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.74 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.58 GPA, 86.1% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades).

Katherine Phelps

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025
GEN&WS 523

Framing Fatness: Gender, Size, Constructing Health

3 credits

Examines the intersection of fatness with gender, race, and other identities, critiquing obesity rhetoric and societal institutions.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 91.4% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.84 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.74 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

Katherine Phelps

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2025

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026GEN&WS 423The Female Body in the World: Gender and Contemporary Body Politics in Cross Cultural Perspective
Fall 2026GEN&WS 523Framing Fatness: Gender, Size, Constructing Health
Fall 2026GEN&WS 681Senior Honors Thesis I

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