Current instructor

Leslie Bow

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Raw average: 2.26/5 from 23 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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What students say

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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/ENGL/GEN&WS 464

Asian American Women Writers

3 credits

Examines major texts by Asian American women writers, focusing on race, ethnicity, and socio-historical factors through critical analysis and original research.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.59 GPA, 78.1% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.48 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

Leslie Bow

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2025 · limited sample
ENGL/GEN&WS 248

Women in Ethnic American Literature

3 credits

Women in Ethnic American Literature examines American literature by and about women from ethnic groups, focusing on key themes and the contemporary relevance of these works.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).

Anja Jovic-HumphreyLeslie Bow

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464Asian American Women Writers
Spring 2027ENGL 799Independent Reading
Spring 2027ENGL 890Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research
Spring 2027ENGL 990Dissertation Research in English
Spring 2027ENGL/GEN&WS 248Women in Ethnic American Literature
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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