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This professor is generally nice, but her teaching is not the best, and it was impossible to take notes because of it. I met with her to see if she could adjust, and she made zero changes; very set in her ways. There were no quizzes or tests on in-class content, so there was no motivation to come to class despite the attendance requirement.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Macaulay clearly knows the field well and cares about teaching it. She can be a little unorganized due to her lack of Canvas savvy but overall a great professor.Rate My Professors ↗
She is very nice and respectful of her students. There was a lot of readings to do outside of class. She counts 95% as her 100%. She only gives 100% if you go above and beyond.Rate My Professors ↗
I love Monica. Took a couple linguistics classes with her and found her very engaging, accessible, and genuinely invested in our education. You have to keep up but if you do, you will get a lot out of her classes.Rate My Professors ↗
She's a weird one. I tried to stay on her good side but I couldn't find any. I asked her for a letter of recommendation but she declined citing a silly incident that I myself forgot. All my questions seem to bother her so much so that I just stopped asking. Seems only friendly to students who work with her on some research projects or something.Rate My Professors ↗
Awful personality! Whenever I meet her outside the classroom she seems irritated at my sight as if she is too busy to even smile! She also uses every possible chance to chuck her personal feminist ideas down everyone's throat! There were incidents where she clearly didn't like a certain student for some vague reason... Avoid her at all costs!Rate My Professors ↗
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