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Kelly Wright

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Raw average: 2.75/5 from 4 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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LINGUIS 213
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
I found the class content interesting, but Dr. Wright often went off on unnecessary tangents. The course workload was not bad, but the final exam was extremely tedious and repetitive. I don't think the final represented what we learned throughout the semester at all.
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LINGUIS 213
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I absolutely loved the lectures Dr. Wright hosted. Her lectures are engaging, important, and often required/called for participation and thoights from the class. The whole environment is very interactive and welcoming, especially since much of the class is relating content to personal experience. Dr. Wright is so passionate and knowledgeable!
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LINGUIS 213
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
was fine until the exam - questions are worded poorly and the whole exam would be easy if you had a photographic memory and were taking zero other classes.
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LINGUIS 213
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Discussions and material are interesting, but lectures are hard to follow, and slides are crammed and often missing the main point. Dr. Wright is cool and clearly knowledgeable, but makes long, repetitive assignments due on sundays. Final exam is total bull, and asks you to find specific quotes from either 19 presentations or the physical book.
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Classes with Kelly Wright

LINGUIS 373

Topics in Linguistics

3 credits

LINGUIS 373 is a topics course covering a specific subject within linguistics.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.57 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

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Fall 2026LINGUIS 373Topics in Linguistics

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