# RICHARD KNOWLES — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

[View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/RICHARD_KNOWLES)

## 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    |
| AFROAMER  | 71    |
| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 53    |
| ANAT\&PHY | 7     |
| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
| ANSCI     | 57    |
| ANTHRO    | 95    |
| ART       | 125   |
| ARTED     | 10    |
| ARTHIST   | 121   |
| ASIALANG  | 129   |
| ASIAN     | 109   |
| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 69    |
| BIOCHEM   | 51    |
| BIOCORE   | 10    |
| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
| BIOMDSCI  | 18    |
| BME       | 66    |
| BMI       | 41    |
| BMOLCHEM  | 10    |
| BOTANY    | 69    |
| BSE       | 44    |
| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 10    |
| CNSRSCI   | 50    |
| COMARTS   | 137   |
| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 11    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
| COUNPSY   | 78    |
| CRB       | 19    |
| CS\&D     | 71    |
| CSCS      | 40    |
| CURRIC    | 193   |
| DANCE     | 93    |
| DERM      | 8     |
| DS        | 88    |
| DYSCI     | 35    |
| ECE       | 155   |
| ECON      | 145   |
| EDPOL     | 114   |
| EDPSYCH   | 97    |
| ELPA      | 70    |
| EMA       | 53    |
| EMERMED   | 17    |
| ENGL      | 206   |
| ENTOM     | 40    |
| ENVIRST   | 148   |
| EP        | 15    |
| EPD       | 67    |
| ESL       | 16    |
| F\&WECOL  | 60    |
| FAMMED    | 22    |
| FINANCE   | 50    |
| FOLKLORE  | 40    |
| FOODSCI   | 43    |
| FRENCH    | 63    |
| GEN\&WS   | 145   |
| GENBUS    | 72    |
| GENECSLR  | 17    |
| GENETICS  | 60    |
| GEOG      | 113   |
| GEOSCI    | 83    |
| GERMAN    | 82    |
| GLE       | 48    |
| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 41    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
| HISTORY   | 233   |
| HISTSCI   | 56    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
| INTER-LS  | 22    |
| INTEREGR  | 16    |
| INTLBUS   | 21    |
| INTLST    | 50    |
| ISYE      | 83    |
| ITALIAN   | 53    |
| JEWISH    | 56    |
| JOURN     | 88    |
| KINES     | 128   |
| LACIS     | 26    |
| LANDARC   | 61    |
| LATIN     | 24    |
| LAW       | 120   |
| LEGALST   | 48    |
| LINGUIS   | 35    |
| LIS       | 89    |
| LITTRANS  | 78    |
| LSC       | 52    |
| M\&ENVTOX | 7     |
| MARKETNG  | 62    |
| MATH      | 153   |
| MDGENET   | 8     |
| ME        | 130   |
| MEDHIST   | 43    |
| MEDICINE  | 60    |
| MEDIEVAL  | 32    |
| MEDPHYS   | 39    |
| MEDSC-M   | 29    |
| MEDSC-V   | 41    |
| MHR       | 68    |
| MICROBIO  | 45    |
| MILSCI    | 16    |
| MM\&I     | 22    |
| MOLBIOL   | 6     |
| MS\&E     | 59    |
| MUSIC     | 165   |
| MUSPERF   | 126   |
| NAVSCI    | 20    |
| NE        | 44    |
| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
| NURSING   | 111   |
| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
| PATH      | 34    |
| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 52    |
| PLPATH    | 35    |
| POLISCI   | 192   |
| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

instructor\_6920f9ca1e699fe62f33a71d

### source

madgrades

### source instructor id

106552

### identity basis

source\_id

### identity status

source\_identified

### name

RICHARD KNOWLES

### 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

54

#### quality

3.33

#### difficulty

3.69

#### quality count

54

#### difficulty count

54

#### profile id

rmp:134298

#### source url

<https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298>

#### match basis

exact\_name

#### observed at

2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00

#### courses

##### course 325915d427f645457130fc8f

###### review count

2

###### quality

3

###### difficulty

4

###### quality count

2

###### difficulty count

2

#### bayesian quality

3.419104265823404

#### prior mean

3.6596857835465957

#### prior weight

20

### current

false

### courses

None recorded.

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

### instructor url

/instructors/RICHARD\_KNOWLES

## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

```json
[
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIxMjM4MDcw",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENG215",
    "course_id": null,
    "course_uid": null,
    "review_date": "2013-01-09 20:45:22 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Dry, boring lectures in which the professor LITERALLY read from the book. The only way I got through this class was going to discussion, where my TA taught us what we missed in lecture.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 1,
    "difficulty_rating": 4
  },
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwODEyOTY5",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENG417",
    "course_id": null,
    "course_uid": null,
    "review_date": "2012-11-11 13:03:50 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "A nice professor. B.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 3,
    "difficulty_rating": 3
  },
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTIwNjg2NjEy",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENG215",
    "course_id": null,
    "course_uid": null,
    "review_date": "2012-10-08 18:33:40 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Boring. Wasn't excited about the class to begin with and he didn't make it any better. Exams are so-so, essay questions are fair, passage identification is quite unreasonable for the amount of material. only took this class to get the shakespeare requirement fulfilled.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 2,
    "difficulty_rating": 4
  },
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE5NjQ5NzM3",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENG219",
    "course_id": null,
    "course_uid": null,
    "review_date": "2012-01-01 20:12:12 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Prof Knowles is very interesting. His lectures help out alot for understanding the themes of the plays, which is huge on the tests. I'd highly recommend this class and Prof Knowles.  He is clever and witty, and definitely knows his Shakespeare.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 5,
    "difficulty_rating": 4
  },
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE2MzYyMzAx",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENG220",
    "course_id": null,
    "course_uid": null,
    "review_date": "2009-11-13 00:50:19 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Nothing but good things to say about this man. Enthusiastic and entertaining. I REALLY enjoyed his class, one of my favorites. He only grades on three exams, but he tells you and then retells you EXACTLY what points he wants to see. So, they are VERY do-able.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 5,
    "difficulty_rating": 2
  },
  {
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:09:59.282480+00:00",
    "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4",
    "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTE1NzY4ODM3",
    "source_instructor_id": "rmp:134298",
    "instructor_name": "Richard Knowles",
    "course_label": "ENGL220",
    "course_id": "ENGL 220",
    "course_uid": "course_325915d427f645457130fc8f",
    "review_date": "2009-05-05 15:23:52 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Lecture isn't bad and he obviously knows his tragedies, but the exams suck. There is never enough time to do everything asked of you and the graders do not grade using the same rubric. They don't attend his lecture and have different expectations. You never know what you'll get on an exam, despite how prepared you are or are not. So frustrating!",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/134298",
    "quality_rating": 3,
    "difficulty_rating": 3
  }
]
```

### total

54

### page

1

### courses

| course\_uid                      | course\_id |
| -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| course\_325915d427f645457130fc8f | ENGL 220   |

### matched

true

## social Image

false