# MELISSA HARRISON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/MELISSA_HARRISON--instructor_53fac3801bec73cea81d0ce9) ## 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 | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | 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madgrades ### source instructor id 4992585 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name MELISSA HARRISON ### 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 4 #### quality 2.5 #### difficulty 3.25 #### quality count 4 #### difficulty count 4 #### profile id rmp:1766968 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:18:55.442506+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.466404819622163 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.676 #### graded 188 #### counts * 107 * 46 * 34 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 1 #### sections 90 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/MELISSA\_HARRISON--instructor\_53fac3801bec73cea81d0ce9 ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | 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"course_uid": null, "review_date": "2013-06-18 19:44:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I am sorry but that comment about one 19 year old's opinion was very rude. I work very hard and I thought that Melissa was hard to understand and agree with the comments above , also everyone who attends this university has the right to give their opinion and they have worked hard to get here so be careful in your comments.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1766968", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:18:55.442506+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIxMjA5ODUx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1766968", "instructor_name": "Melissa Harrison", "course_label": "BCHEM314", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2013-01-04 19:38:31 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Meh, definitely somewhere between \"awesome\" and \"terrible\". Speaks too quickly and asks oddly-phrased questions on quizzes and in homework, but documents everything very thoroughly in PowerPoints, which are posted online. The most frustrating thing about her was that she took over halfway through a very easy course and turned it into Orgo Lite.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1766968", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:18:55.442506+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwOTExNDE1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1766968", "instructor_name": "Melissa Harrison", "course_label": "BMCHM314", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-11-29 12:28:32 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Melissa is fantastic as a lecturer. Not everybody in the class is going to medical school, and knowing structures is important to those going on in the subject. Don't let one 19-year-old's opinion after feeling snubbed cause you to miss out on this instructor. If you do the work, you'll do well.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1766968", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:18:55.442506+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwODM1ODUy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1766968", "instructor_name": "Melissa Harrison", "course_label": "BMC314", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2012-11-14 17:32:17 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This class was awesome and interesting. Melissa makes you know structure of things that are not even on the MCAT. She doesn't know the answer to any questions that students ask in class and she was rude when I asked her a question.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1766968", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 4 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image false