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Nothing but great things to say about her! She truly cares about her students and the content she teaches. The BEST 201 teacher! Her lectures are interesting, and I am engaged the entire time. The readings she assigned are still interesting and relatively easy reads despite being about heavy content. If you put in the work, you can do very well.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Ciancia is an excellent professor who clearly cares about her students success. She is an amazing lecturer and is very passionate about what she teaches. She has only fueled my interest in learning about history.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Ciancia is unquestionably one of the best Professors I've ever had at UW. Not only is she a genius, but I've never had a professor care more about me and my fellow students before. She gave us incredibly detailed feedback on all of our papers and is so fun to talk to. If you want to love history, take her class. She's a gem.Rate My Professors ↗
She is one of my favorite professors. Lectures are always interesting, she is very kind and encourages participation. Do the readings, show her in papers that you understand and have been paying attention and you'll do well. You can tell she knows her history, assignments are about the big picture and focusing on why things happened, not just datesRate My Professors ↗
I've had Professor Ciancia twice now, for History 270 and for History 201, she is an excellent professor. Her lectures are well prepared and interesting. She does a fantastic job of engaging with the class and encouraging participation in her lectures. The readings she selected were also brilliant.Rate My Professors ↗
She is so cute and precious. She's kind of like your grandmother but younger - that type of personality. She's very soft spoken and gentle, and her material is interesting. You know she's really into because she had so much knowledge about it. She did not give a final exam, so she's an angel. Did you know she graduated from Oxford?Rate My Professors ↗
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Covers the background and history of World War II, including the rise of Fascism, National Socialism, and Japanese imperialism, breaking the peace, and problems of peacemaking.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2023An advanced seminar where students apply research skills to a historical topic, producing a project with original analysis through intensive writing and discussion.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.87 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Senior Honors Thesis involves mentored independent research and thesis writing on an original topic for honors students.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Senior Honors Thesis involves mentored independent research and thesis writing on an original topic for honors.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).
No recorded grade history
Directed study in history conducted under the supervision of a faculty member, graded on a lettered basis.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Research and Thesis involves independent research and writing of a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
INDEPENDENT WORK is directed study under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 357 | The Second World War |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2027 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 698 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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