Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor is clearly passionate about her research, but can be passive aggressive at times. I really liked 311 but she was disorganized on canvas and grading took a long time.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Nisa Karimi
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Nisa was a wonderful and knowledgeable professor. You go over a lot of interesting content and she has field experience that she brings in which helps to exemplify issues and make things interesting! Lots of extra credit opportunities and has clear grading criteria. Almost weekly group projects (in-class).Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
She is a kind and passionate professor who truly cares about her students and the topic. Lectures are engaging and she explains assignments clearly in class, so going really helps (she also makes that clear in the syllabus). The homework connects to the lectures and exam content, which helps, & there are many extra credit opportunities that add up!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
I think she is a little over hated. I agree that she is a little disorganized, but when I took her class, she was the only instructor, grader, and course coordinator. She is very passionate about what she teaches and is very kind and understanding if you go to her office hours.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
I find the assignments sometimes has unclear instructions and lectures are sometimes disorganized and not clearRate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
She is passionate about the subject but her course can be difficult because she makes things 'exclusive' to lectures and if you miss one she won't be lenient. She also is pretty unorganized and tends to put dates wrong in canvas and is not understanding about it.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Nisa Karimi
PLPATH 311
Global Food Security
3 creditsPLPATH 311 explores the drivers and barriers of food insecurity and examines solutions to address global food security challenges.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.3% A/AB (n=149 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | PLPATH 311 | Global Food Security |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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