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 ↗
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KATHRYN CIANCIA
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
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 ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
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 ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
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 ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
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 ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
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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Classes with KATHRYN CIANCIA
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2026 | HISTORY 710 | Professional Development Seminar |
| Spring 2025 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2025 | HISTORY 601 | Historical Publishing Practicum |
| Spring 2025 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2024 | HISTORY 300 | History at Work: Professional Skills of the Major |
| Fall 2024 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2024 | HISTORY 952 | Seminar in Comparative History |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 690 | Thesis Colloquium |
| Fall 2023 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2023 | HISTORY 601 | Historical Publishing Practicum |
| Spring 2023 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2023 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2022 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2022 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Spring 2022 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2022 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2021 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2021 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2020 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2020 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2020 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2019 | HISTORY 891 | Proseminar in Modern European History |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Spring 2019 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2018 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2018 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 270 | Eastern Europe Since 1900 |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 500 | Reading Seminar in History |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 891 | Proseminar in Modern European History |
| Fall 2017 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 680 | Honors Thesis Colloquium |
| Spring 2017 | HISTORY 690 | Thesis Colloquium |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 200 | Historical Studies |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2016 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2016 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2016 | HISTORY 891 | Proseminar in Modern European History |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 200 | Historical Studies |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 270 | Eastern Europe Since 1900 |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 201 | The Historian's Craft |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 500 | Reading Seminar in History |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 891 | Proseminar in Modern European History |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2014 | HISTORY 891 | Proseminar in Modern European History |
| Spring 2014 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Fall 2013 | HISTORY 200 | Historical Studies |
| Fall 2013 | HISTORY 223 | Explorations in European History (h) |
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