I took his seminar course on Authorship and Anonymity in the 18th century a year ago and it was incredibly interesting. Lots of readings that are dense and often difficult to parse through, but he goes over them in class in an easily understandable way. Our discussions were really provocative. Highly recommend to English majors!

Took this class as part of a FIG, it was alright not super engaging. Prof. was pretty passionate about the themes/readings, class was predominately discussion based. Grading criteria for assignments wasn't super clear, little to no feedback given. Grade was pretty evenly made up by reading assignments, in-class discussions, and two projects.

Prof Vareschi was always kind and enthusiastic about the course material. It was a very discussion-heavy class though, which wasn't always great, however, Prof Vareschi does his best to keep you engaged and interested in the material.

Super nice guy. Enjoyed this class because they were very discussion heavy. Learned so much about 18th century literature and loved the gothic novel. Great guy to talk to and really just created such a positive learning environment

Professor Vareschi is one of my favorite professors at Madison. This is my second semester taking a class with him and I find his excitement about the texts to make a great learning environment. He is amazing at facilitating discussions. He creates a welcoming, non-judgemental atmosphere. Come to class prepared, write the papers, and you'll be fine

Loved him as a professor, super nice and caring, he definitely helped me out during a hard time. Highly recommend taking his classes, pretty much discussion-based with a few papers every now and then.

This class was part of a First-Year Interest Group about data and big tech. All of Professor Vareschi's readings had the same theme, and it felt really repetitive. There were three easy projects that your grade was based on. He's a fine professor, but the class wasn't particularly exciting or interesting.

Loved Professor Vareschi and his class material. He responds very quickly outside of class and his papers are very clear on what he grades. He loves the well being of his students and is very passionate about his area of study. This is a great English elective.

Vareschi is hands down my favorite English professor in Madison. He gets very excited about the topics and readings (positively giddy about Frankenstein) which makes the class a lot easier to engage with and enjoy. He allows students to have their own thoughts and opinions, leads great discussions, and gives excellent, in-depth feedback on papers.

He's okay. The course was listed as "18th century literature", but the class was themed around surveillance and most of the readings weren't from the 18th century. You have to write a lot of essays for the class, but he grades pretty fairly. Lectures were structureless and meandered a lot.

This class was definitely one of my most "unique" classes here at UW. There are tons of online readings and two novels and some movies to watch. I didn't read any of the material and I was fine for the exams and papers. Memorize the quotes and key terms from lectures and you'll be fine! Beware of the random pop quizzes as those are what hurt me

The readings are not really required, but there are occasional pop quizzes in lecture that you must be there for. The tests are passage identification along with some short answer. The papers are relatively simple analysis, but the lecture itself is insanely boring as it is essentially him reading huge quotes off of powerpoint slides.