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Leslie Bow

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Raw average: 2.32/5 from 22 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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ASIANAM 152
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
She is an extremely tough grader, especially for an elementary-level class. The readings were strange and lacked cohesiveness, and some were weirdly explicit. Overall, just an unresponsive and unreasonable professor
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ASIANAM 152
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
will never respond to your emails and it seems like she just closes her eyes and gives you a random grade, most unfair professor ever NEVER TAKE THE CLASS
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ASIANAM 152
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Her grading was a NIGHTMARE. This is the first B- I've ever gotten at this university as a sophomore. I never thought I could get a B- in an elementary class. Don't take her class!!!!!!!!!!!
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ASIANAM 152
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
might not be that bad if you weren't in her section but there are very few things to be graded on and everything was graded harshly
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Classes with Leslie Bow

ASIANAM 152

Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures

3 credits

Explores fantasy and race in Asian American fiction, graphic novels, anime, and art, examining political meaning and cultural anxieties.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Leslie Bow is praised for brilliant, thought-provoking lectures that encourage independent thinking, though some note the heavy reading load and memorization requirements.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Fall 2025

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026ASIANAM 152Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures
Fall 2026ENGL 890Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research
Fall 2026ENGL 990Dissertation Research in English

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