Historical instructor

KEN KEEFOVER-RING

Adjusted rating
RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 4.33/5 from 30 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.

RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.

What students say

Original student reviews · all captured dates

ENVIRST/GEOG 120
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof was great and a very interesting lecture. He is nice and will understand accommodations. The four exams are lecture heavy but go to class and study the slides for a good grade. The discussion assignments are manageable. Overall he is a good guy and it is a cool course.
Rate My Professors ↗
ENVIRST/GEOG 120
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
A great professor who always encourages students to ask questions. The course contains lots of material, but not necessarily hard. Study each ppt slide carefully and try to understand the content fully.
Rate My Professors ↗
BOTANY/GEOG 338
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Ken is actually the funniest professor and had me cracking up every lecture. The class is laid back but also interesting and you'll learn a lot. There are weekly quizzes, very clear and no trick questions. You will enjoy this class and prof whether or not you are a bio major
Rate My Professors ↗
BOTANY/GEOG 338
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
He is really nice and sweet. Class is kind of boring because most of time is just he talking. There was a weekly quiz about the class material and few readings. A group project and presentation on bunch of bio paper. And a final essay. He will drop lots of lovely comments for paper. Overall a chill and interesting class
Rate My Professors ↗
GEO120 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
TAKE THIS IF YOU ALREADY KNOW GEOSCI, Not the easy grade everyone said. If you do poorly on one exam, you can't bring your grade up. Professor Keefover was great and I would take his course again but definitely not 'super easy'.
Rate My Professors ↗

Personal experiences, not a representative survey. Profile matching and captured coverage are shown in the source details.

Classes with KEN KEEFOVER-RING

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

No courses match this selection. Try the full catalog or another term.

Recorded teaching history

Explore courses taught by this instructor →
Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

Instructor identity & provenance 
{
  "instructor_uid": "instructor_ffc1f93ef5db9ce6ce992698",
  "source": "legacy",
  "source_instructor_id": null,
  "identity_basis": "name_only",
  "identity_status": "unresolved",
  "name": "KEN KEEFOVER-RING",
  "email": null,
  "first_observed_at": "2025-12-14 04:50:04.653658+00:00",
  "last_observed_at": "2025-12-21 04:47:46.589081+00:00",
  "ratings": {
    "review_count": 30,
    "quality": 4.33,
    "difficulty": 2.67,
    "quality_count": 30,
    "difficulty_count": 30,
    "profile_id": "rmp:2217868",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2217868",
    "match_basis": "exact_name",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:26:20.134454+00:00",
    "courses": {
      "course_b1a495c1918109de244bb953": {
        "review_count": 6,
        "quality": 4.83,
        "difficulty": 2.17,
        "quality_count": 6,
        "difficulty_count": 6
      },
      "course_b850d5b4746311f8d8c00fa2": {
        "review_count": 14,
        "quality": 4.64,
        "difficulty": 2.43,
        "quality_count": 14,
        "difficulty_count": 14
      }
    },
    "bayesian_quality": 4.061874313418638,
    "prior_mean": 3.6596857835465957,
    "prior_weight": 20
  },
  "current": false,
  "courses": [],
  "revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "instructor_url": "/instructors/KEN_KEEFOVER-RING--instructor_ffc1f93ef5db9ce6ce992698"
}