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 professorRate My Professors ↗
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LESLIE BOW
What students say
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Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
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 CLASSRate My Professors ↗
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!!!!!!!!!!!Rate My Professors ↗
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 harshlyRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
dont ever take this classRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
RUN! DON'T TAKE HER CLASS!Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with LESLIE BOW
No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | ENGL 817 | Seminar-american Literature |
| Spring 2026 | ENGL 890 | Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research |
| Spring 2026 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2026 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2025 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2025 | ENGL 890 | Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research |
| Fall 2025 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2025 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464 | Asian American Women Writers |
| Spring 2025 | ENGL 890 | Pre-dissertator Preliminary Exam Research |
| Spring 2025 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2025 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2024 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2024 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464 | Asian American Women Writers |
| Spring 2024 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2024 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2023 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2023 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2023 | ENGL 799 | Independent Reading |
| Spring 2023 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Fall 2022 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2022 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2022 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2021 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2021 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Fall 2020 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2020 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2020 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464 | Asian American Women Writers |
| Spring 2020 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2020 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2019 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2019 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2019 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464 | Asian American Women Writers |
| Spring 2019 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2019 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2018 | ASIANAM 152 | Asian American Literary and Popular Culture: Race, Fantasy, Futures |
| Fall 2018 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2018 | ENGL 817 | Seminar-american Literature |
| Spring 2018 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2018 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2017 | ASIANAM 240 | Topics in Asian American Studies |
| Fall 2017 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2017 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2017 | ENGL/GEN&WS 248 | Women in Ethnic American Literature |
| Fall 2016 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2016 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Spring 2015 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 463 | Race and Sexuality in American Literature |
| Spring 2015 | ENGL 990 | Dissertation Research in English |
| Fall 2014 | ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464 | Asian American Women Writers |
| Fall 2012 | ASIANAM/ENGL 270 | A Survey of Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2011 | ASIANAM/ENGL 270 | A Survey of Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2009 | ASIANAM/ENGL 270 | A Survey of Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2007 | ASIANAM/ENGL 270 | A Survey of Asian American Literature |
| Fall 2006 | ASIANAM 260 | Asian American Activism |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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