{"schema_version":1,"url":"https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MELISSA_CHRISTOPHERSON--instructor_0e31f9476a72a4bd29f615b6","title":"MELISSA CHRISTOPHERSON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison","dataset":{"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","repository":"twangodev/uwcourses","schema_version":6,"importer_version":"7","projection_id":"85abe9ff8837c2c5a134368dcc4cfc85eb723524b21ddeb3d2e953887d2f0c8f","observed_at":"2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00","built_at":"2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+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":"AAE","count":90},{"subject":"ABT","count":20},{"subject":"ACCTIS","count":36},{"subject":"ACTSCI","count":14},{"subject":"AFAERO","count":10},{"subject":"AFRICAN","count":87},{"subject":"AFROAMER","count":71},{"subject":"AGROECOL","count":21},{"subject":"AMERIND","count":53},{"subject":"ANAT&PHY","count":7},{"subject":"ANATOMY","count":2},{"subject":"ANESTHES","count":8},{"subject":"ANSCI","count":57},{"subject":"ANTHRO","count":95},{"subject":"ART","count":125},{"subject":"ARTED","count":10},{"subject":"ARTHIST","count":121},{"subject":"ASIALANG","count":129},{"subject":"ASIAN","count":109},{"subject":"ASIANAM","count":28},{"subject":"ASTRON","count":38},{"subject":"ATMOCN","count":69},{"subject":"BIOCHEM","count":51},{"subject":"BIOCORE","count":10},{"subject":"BIOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"BIOMDSCI","count":18},{"subject":"BME","count":66},{"subject":"BMI","count":41},{"subject":"BMOLCHEM","count":10},{"subject":"BOTANY","count":69},{"subject":"BSE","count":44},{"subject":"C&ESOC","count":73},{"subject":"CBE","count":48},{"subject":"CHEM","count":101},{"subject":"CHICLA","count":52},{"subject":"CIVENGR","count":133},{"subject":"CLASSICS","count":47},{"subject":"CNP","count":10},{"subject":"CNSRSCI","count":50},{"subject":"COMARTS","count":137},{"subject":"COMPBIO","count":15},{"subject":"COMPLIT","count":11},{"subject":"COMPSCI","count":138},{"subject":"COUNPSY","count":78},{"subject":"CRB","count":19},{"subject":"CS&D","count":71},{"subject":"CSCS","count":40},{"subject":"CURRIC","count":193},{"subject":"DANCE","count":93},{"subject":"DERM","count":8},{"subject":"DS","count":88},{"subject":"DYSCI","count":35},{"subject":"ECE","count":155},{"subject":"ECON","count":145},{"subject":"EDPOL","count":114},{"subject":"EDPSYCH","count":97},{"subject":"ELPA","count":70},{"subject":"EMA","count":53},{"subject":"EMERMED","count":17},{"subject":"ENGL","count":206},{"subject":"ENTOM","count":40},{"subject":"ENVIRST","count":148},{"subject":"EP","count":15},{"subject":"EPD","count":67},{"subject":"ESL","count":16},{"subject":"F&WECOL","count":60},{"subject":"FAMMED","count":22},{"subject":"FINANCE","count":50},{"subject":"FOLKLORE","count":40},{"subject":"FOODSCI","count":43},{"subject":"FRENCH","count":63},{"subject":"GEN&WS","count":145},{"subject":"GENBUS","count":72},{"subject":"GENECSLR","count":17},{"subject":"GENETICS","count":60},{"subject":"GEOG","count":113},{"subject":"GEOSCI","count":83},{"subject":"GERMAN","count":82},{"subject":"GLE","count":48},{"subject":"GNS","count":38},{"subject":"GREEK","count":27},{"subject":"HDFS","count":41},{"subject":"HEBR-BIB","count":13},{"subject":"HEBR-MOD","count":10},{"subject":"HISTORY","count":233},{"subject":"HISTSCI","count":56},{"subject":"HONCOL","count":13},{"subject":"ILS","count":43},{"subject":"INFOSYS","count":9},{"subject":"INTEGART","count":7},{"subject":"INTEGSCI","count":22},{"subject":"INTER-AG","count":18},{"subject":"INTER-HE","count":11},{"subject":"INTER-LS","count":22},{"subject":"INTEREGR","count":16},{"subject":"INTLBUS","count":21},{"subject":"INTLST","count":50},{"subject":"ISYE","count":83},{"subject":"ITALIAN","count":53},{"subject":"JEWISH","count":56},{"subject":"JOURN","count":88},{"subject":"KINES","count":128},{"subject":"LACIS","count":26},{"subject":"LANDARC","count":61},{"subject":"LATIN","count":24},{"subject":"LAW","count":120},{"subject":"LEGALST","count":48},{"subject":"LINGUIS","count":35},{"subject":"LIS","count":89},{"subject":"LITTRANS","count":78},{"subject":"LSC","count":52},{"subject":"M&ENVTOX","count":7},{"subject":"MARKETNG","count":62},{"subject":"MATH","count":153},{"subject":"MDGENET","count":8},{"subject":"ME","count":130},{"subject":"MEDHIST","count":43},{"subject":"MEDICINE","count":60},{"subject":"MEDIEVAL","count":32},{"subject":"MEDPHYS","count":39},{"subject":"MEDSC-M","count":29},{"subject":"MEDSC-V","count":41},{"subject":"MHR","count":68},{"subject":"MICROBIO","count":45},{"subject":"MILSCI","count":16},{"subject":"MM&I","count":22},{"subject":"MOLBIOL","count":6},{"subject":"MS&E","count":59},{"subject":"MUSIC","count":165},{"subject":"MUSPERF","count":126},{"subject":"NAVSCI","count":20},{"subject":"NE","count":44},{"subject":"NEURODPT","count":11},{"subject":"NEUROL","count":7},{"subject":"NEURSURG","count":4},{"subject":"NTP","count":11},{"subject":"NURSING","count":111},{"subject":"NUTRSCI","count":65},{"subject":"OBS&GYN","count":18},{"subject":"OCCTHER","count":39},{"subject":"ONCOLOGY","count":14},{"subject":"OPHTHALM","count":5},{"subject":"OTM","count":43},{"subject":"PATH","count":34},{"subject":"PATH-BIO","count":29},{"subject":"PEDIAT","count":26},{"subject":"PHARMACY","count":31},{"subject":"PHILOS","count":77},{"subject":"PHMCOL-M","count":11},{"subject":"PHMPRAC","count":45},{"subject":"PHMSCI","count":60},{"subject":"PHYASST","count":37},{"subject":"PHYSICS","count":88},{"subject":"PHYSIOL","count":3},{"subject":"PHYTHER","count":37},{"subject":"PLANTSCI","count":52},{"subject":"PLPATH","count":35},{"subject":"POLISCI","count":192},{"subject":"POPHLTH","count":58},{"subject":"PORTUG","count":33},{"subject":"PSYCH","count":101},{"subject":"PSYCHIAT","count":22},{"subject":"PUBAFFR","count":54},{"subject":"PUBLHLTH","count":23},{"subject":"RADIOL","count":11},{"subject":"REALEST","count":41},{"subject":"RELIGST","count":90},{"subject":"RHABMED","count":9},{"subject":"RMI","count":24},{"subject":"RP&SE","count":102},{"subject":"S&APHM","count":17},{"subject":"SCANDST","count":73},{"subject":"SLAVIC","count":89},{"subject":"SOC","count":149},{"subject":"SOCWORK","count":87},{"subject":"SOILSCI","count":46},{"subject":"SPANISH","count":83},{"subject":"SRMED","count":21},{"subject":"STAT","count":94},{"subject":"STDYABRD","count":52},{"subject":"STS","count":8},{"subject":"SURGERY","count":25},{"subject":"SURGSCI","count":33},{"subject":"THEATRE","count":91},{"subject":"URBRPL","count":60},{"subject":"UROLOGY","count":5},{"subject":"ZOOLOGY","count":89}],"deployed_at":null,"site_commit":null},"data":{"instructor":{"instructor_uid":"instructor_0e31f9476a72a4bd29f615b6","source":"madgrades","source_instructor_id":"3710380","identity_basis":"source_id","identity_status":"source_identified","name":"MELISSA CHRISTOPHERSON","email":null,"first_observed_at":"2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00","last_observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00","ratings":{"review_count":38,"quality":3.55,"difficulty":3.21,"quality_count":38,"difficulty_count":38,"profile_id":"rmp:2182163","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","match_basis":"exact_name","observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","courses":{"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241":{"review_count":13,"quality":3.85,"difficulty":3.38,"quality_count":13,"difficulty_count":13},"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2":{"review_count":1,"quality":5,"difficulty":2,"quality_count":1,"difficulty_count":1}},"bayesian_quality":3.5878226839815848,"prior_mean":3.6596857835465957,"prior_weight":20},"grade_statistics":{"gpa":3.297,"graded":3911,"counts":[1423,706,1157,217,332,54,22],"sections":87},"current":false,"courses":[],"revision":"e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349","instructor_url":"/instructors/MELISSA_CHRISTOPHERSON--instructor_0e31f9476a72a4bd29f615b6"},"history":[{"term":"1264","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1262","course_uid":"course_4d990c7b3fdcb99ca2e91cc1","course_id":"MICROBIO 150","title":"MICROBIOMES AND MICROBIOLOGY - FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR"},{"term":"1262","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1254","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1254","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1252","course_uid":"course_4d990c7b3fdcb99ca2e91cc1","course_id":"MICROBIO 150","title":"MICROBIOMES AND MICROBIOLOGY - FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR"},{"term":"1252","course_uid":"course_1897bd5f934367a1b50f1802","course_id":"MICROBIO 299","title":"INDEPENDENT STUDY"},{"term":"1252","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1252","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1244","course_uid":"course_4d990c7b3fdcb99ca2e91cc1","course_id":"MICROBIO 150","title":"MICROBIOMES AND MICROBIOLOGY - FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR"},{"term":"1244","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1242","course_uid":"course_52774b2740fd40fe6fedc78b","course_id":"MICROBIO 102","title":"GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY"},{"term":"1242","course_uid":"course_1897bd5f934367a1b50f1802","course_id":"MICROBIO 299","title":"INDEPENDENT STUDY"},{"term":"1234","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1232","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1232","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1224","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1224","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1222","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1222","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"},{"term":"1212","course_uid":"course_1b2d8c8bb8e326715235bea6","course_id":"MICROBIO 527","title":"ADVANCED LABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1204","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1202","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1194","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1194","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1192","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1192","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"},{"term":"1184","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1184","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"},{"term":"1182","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1182","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1174","course_uid":"course_52774b2740fd40fe6fedc78b","course_id":"MICROBIO 102","title":"GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY"},{"term":"1174","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1174","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"},{"term":"1172","course_uid":"course_52774b2740fd40fe6fedc78b","course_id":"MICROBIO 102","title":"GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY"},{"term":"1172","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS"},{"term":"1164","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1162","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1162","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"},{"term":"1154","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1154","course_uid":"course_bbe1149c52647cce539e78f4","course_id":"MICROBIO 551","title":"CAPSTONE RESEARCH PROJECT IN MICROBIOLOGY"},{"term":"1152","course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304","title":"BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS LABORATORY"},{"term":"1152","course_uid":"course_c37522259f59b2a6bfa24d0f","course_id":"MICROBIO 699","title":"SPECIAL PROBLEMS"}],"timeline":[{"term":"1152","courses":2},{"term":"1154","courses":2},{"term":"1162","courses":2},{"term":"1164","courses":1},{"term":"1172","courses":2},{"term":"1174","courses":3},{"term":"1182","courses":2},{"term":"1184","courses":2},{"term":"1192","courses":2},{"term":"1194","courses":2},{"term":"1202","courses":1},{"term":"1204","courses":1},{"term":"1212","courses":1},{"term":"1222","courses":2},{"term":"1224","courses":2},{"term":"1232","courses":2},{"term":"1234","courses":1},{"term":"1242","courses":2},{"term":"1244","courses":2},{"term":"1252","courses":4},{"term":"1254","courses":2},{"term":"1262","courses":2},{"term":"1264","courses":1}],"term":"1272","courses":[],"reviews":{"items":[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzAxODk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICROBIO303","course_id":"MICROBIO 303","course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","review_date":"2025-12-17 03:56:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. C is possibly the best professor I have had. Her teaching is stellar. She is kind and engages with the students well which facilitates learning of difficult concepts. Exams are hard but fair. She offers office hours that are a blast, and provides many study resources. Her material is interesting, and she clearly wants students to succeed. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjE5NzEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICRO303","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-12-13 00:55:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"I was really intimidated by this course as a conservation bio major with less preparation for a microbiology course than other students. I felt that every lecture was engaging (although often dense) and Melissa had a way of communicating everything in a clear manner. I now love this subject which is not what I was expecting going into it. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTg4Nzk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICRO303","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-12-11 22:04:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is a great lecturer and very sweet and wholesome. The tests are hard, but fair. If you know the material and study, you will ace the test. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTY0NzUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICRO102","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-12-11 01:52:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"(This is actually for MIRCO 150). Melissa is very knowledgeable and an all around wonderful person. I genuinely feel like I learned a lot from her class and from her personally. The only thing I didn't like was that you never quite knew what exactly was due. You just kinda have to play it by ear and email for clarification quite often. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":4,"difficulty_rating":1},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNjk4MDg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICRO303","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-10-08 15:22:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bad lecturer","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":1,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:18:56.955995+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNjk4MDg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2182163","instructor_name":"Melissa Christopherson","course_label":"MICRO303","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-10-08 15:22:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lectures are so random. I don't even know why she organizes her lecture like this. I don't believe most of people can learn from her lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2182163","quality_rating":1,"difficulty_rating":3}],"total":38,"page":1,"courses":[{"course_uid":"course_b38eddf04e5d9b58f70c1241","course_id":"MICROBIO 303"},{"course_uid":"course_799b6ea6c2cf692a040668e2","course_id":"MICROBIO 304"}],"matched":true},"socialImage":false}}