# Lisa Ho — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/LISA_HO) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_fd981d3d4c8d19d8780633b2 ### source enrollment ### source instructor id lho26 ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Lisa Ho ### email LHO26\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 22 #### quality 2.41 #### difficulty 3.45 #### quality count 22 #### difficulty count 22 #### profile id rmp:2660917 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00 #### courses ##### course 8a8b3f052e0613f3ecf34cc6 ###### review count 7 ###### quality 3.29 ###### difficulty 3.29 ###### quality count 7 ###### difficulty count 7 ##### course 8e72e4017701190068e597da ###### review count 8 ###### quality 1.25 ###### difficulty 3.62 ###### quality count 8 ###### difficulty count 8 ##### course 78d3f9c1d847426870ceca65 ###### review count 1 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 1 ###### difficulty count 1 #### bayesian quality 3.0050884683555217 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current true ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | title | credits\_min | credits\_max | gpa | | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- | | course\_1e915213a62e9c21b914e286 | ASIANAM/COMARTS 420 | ASIAN AMERICANS AND MEDIA | 3 | 3 | 3.441 | | course\_8e72e4017701190068e597da | ASIANAM 101 | INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES | 3 | 3 | 3.092 | ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/LISA\_HO ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------- | | 1272 | course\_8e72e4017701190068e597da | ASIANAM 101 | INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES | | 1272 | course\_1e915213a62e9c21b914e286 | ASIANAM/COMARTS 420 | ASIAN AMERICANS AND MEDIA | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1272 | 2 | ## term 1272 ## courses ```json [ { "course_uid": "course_8e72e4017701190068e597da", "course_id": "ASIANAM 101", "title": "INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES", "credits_min": 3, "credits_max": 3, "gpa": 3.092, "badges": [], "description": "Introduction to the historical, sociological, anthropological, political, and cultural study of Americans of Asian ancestry.", "discovery": { "term": "1272", "offered": true, "history": { "counts": [ 142, 109, 75, 33, 46, 15, 6 ], "count": 426, "gpa": 3.2018779342723005, "topShare": 58.920187793427225, "firstTerm": "1224", "lastTerm": "1264" }, "instructors": [ { "course_uid": "course_8e72e4017701190068e597da", "uid": "instructor_fd981d3d4c8d19d8780633b2", "name": "Lisa Ho", "quality": 3.0050884683555217, "quality_count": 22, "instructor_url": "/instructors/LISA_HO" } ], "instructorHistory": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "courseComparison": { "counts": [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], "count": 0, "gpa": null, "topShare": null }, "claim": { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2023-12-24 21:46:44 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "69cc7d347431d59f72e4959b", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzg5ODc3", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2023-12-24 22:20:32 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "953eac9765ee4435fee195e5", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4NzkwMDA0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2023-12-29 18:05:38 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "d4a269dd630093a597e3c33c", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4ODA4NTc4", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2023-12-29 18:10:46 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "8519a3a15a479bcc7e26e1fc", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4ODA4NTg5", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2024-01-25 00:59:58 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "b04ebaad21b3df32c2c0f2d5", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTM4OTIyMjQ2", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2025-03-21 16:55:23 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "d7e5387b52f24913ac3523ff", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwNzk5Nzg5", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2025-04-15 18:17:58 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "6fd2be156a592efb7ad334e7", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwOTQ2NTkz", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "review_date": "2025-05-09 15:06:10 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "a0a35619a9701ae5b2060407", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjI1NzAy", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "type": "review" } ], "text": "Lisa Ho is described as knowledgeable but delivers unengaging lectures with irrelevant tangents. 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One of the best professors I have ever had.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTc3MzE1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "course_label": "ASIANAM240", "course_id": "ASIANAM 240", "course_uid": "course_8a8b3f052e0613f3ecf34cc6", "review_date": "2026-02-03 06:17:43 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This review is for Asian American 250. \n\nWe call her LoHo as a nickname. She is pretty decent professor but needs more engagement with the class. Course was very quiet and I did not learn too much from it. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMTM0MzE2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "course_label": "ASIAN240", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-12-10 00:50:51 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I know many people rate her as bad but she is by far the most interesting professor I've learned from. As long as you're engaged in the topic and do the assigned readings and take lecture notes, the work is fairly easy. She doesn't assign much homework but prepared to do alot of readings. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxODgwNjU2", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "course_label": "ASIAN240", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-11-17 14:57:37 +0000 UTC", "comment": "PLEASEDON'T take her class!Professor Ho is the most unsympathetic professor I've encountered and full of biases.Even if you complete assignments exactly according to her syllabus and requirements (merely notes),she'll still deduct points.Her lectures are incredibly boring, she even leaves early during class discussions meant for students.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMjI1NzAy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "course_label": "ASIANAM101", "course_id": "ASIANAM 101", "course_uid": "course_8e72e4017701190068e597da", "review_date": "2025-05-09 15:06:10 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Attendance isn't required but she grades you on weekly lecture notes, readings and videos that are excessively long and she doesn't post lectures. She is a difficult professor+extremely unfair. The TA's aren't any better(Vera)she was a tough grader. You could spend an entire day working on this class and still get points off for the smallest things", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:23:05.994259+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwOTQ2NTkz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2660917", "instructor_name": "Lisa Ho", "course_label": "ASIANAM101", "course_id": "ASIANAM 101", "course_uid": "course_8e72e4017701190068e597da", "review_date": "2025-04-15 18:17:58 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Attendance isn't required, but not only does she refuse to upload lecture slides but asks students to submit weekly lecture notes (Graded based on the amount of notes you take). She's knowledgable about ethnic studies topics but her lectures were almost always irrelevant tangents. I learned a lot more from the guest lecturers and documentaries. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2660917", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 1 } ] ``` ### total 22 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_8e72e4017701190068e597da | ASIANAM 101 | | course\_8a8b3f052e0613f3ecf34cc6 | ASIANAM 240 | | course\_78d3f9c1d847426870ceca65 | ASIANAM 540 | ### matched true ## social Image true