Might be the worst class I've taken at Madison. The class itself isn't hard but Hill was way in over her head. The class was terribly planned and her lectures rarely made sense. Assignments were randomly added throughout. Very little structure to the course. However, it is a very easy A (just show up and you're fine).Rate My Professors ↗
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ROBERTA HILL
What students say
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Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
Quality 1/5Difficulty 1/5
I had a terrible experience in Dr. Hill's class. The worst class I have taken in my college career. She is a poor planner, communicator, and course coordinator. I learned a lot in her class but so many things could have been made easier with a different instructor. I love talking to her about non-class things, though.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Hill is a really sweet lady but a little too scatterbrained to lead a productive course. Deadlines were barely enforced, expectations for assignments were unclear, and you rarely received feedback on your essays so you were left without guidance on to what you needed to improve on and were unsure of how you were doing in the class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
prof hill is passionate about the subject and i felt that she genuinely cared that the students were able to grasp concepts of american indian culture that may seem foreign. she wasn't a stickler about deadlines and the assigned readings weren't followed.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
Easiest class you could take at UW-Madison. She really cares about what she's teaching but she's so flakey with reading assignments/homework deadlines. You don't have to do much to get an A in this class.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
She never went over any of the assigned readings, which was quite annoying. The first exam was out of nowhere and the information on it was totally random. Class has nothing to do with readings. However, she is quite willing to try and help if you go and see her. Our class convinced her to give us the final exam questions before the exam.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with ROBERTA HILL
No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2019 | AFROAMER/AMERIND/ASIANAM/CHICLA 102 | Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic, American Indian, and Indigenous Studies |
| Spring 2019 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2018 | ENGL 173 | Ethnic and Multicultural Literature |
| Spring 2018 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2017 | ENGL 173 | Ethnic and Multicultural Literature |
| Spring 2017 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2016 | ENGL 173 | Ethnic and Multicultural Literature |
| Spring 2016 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2016 | AMERIND 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2016 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2015 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Fall 2015 | ENGL 173 | Ethnic and Multicultural Literature |
| Spring 2015 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2015 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Spring 2015 | ENVIRST 600 | Environmental Studies Capstone |
| Spring 2015 | ENVIRST 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2014 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Fall 2014 | AMERIND 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2014 | ENGL 173 | Ethnic and Multicultural Literature |
| Spring 2014 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2014 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Spring 2014 | ENVIRST 600 | Environmental Studies Capstone |
| Fall 2013 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Fall 2012 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2012 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2012 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2011 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2011 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2011 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2010 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2010 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2010 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2009 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2009 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2009 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2008 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2008 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2008 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2007 | AMERIND 450 | Issues in American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2007 | AMERIND 100 | Introduction to American Indian Studies |
| Spring 2007 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
| Fall 2006 | AMERIND 100 | Introduction to American Indian Studies |
| Fall 2006 | ENVIRST 307 | Literature of the Environment: Speaking for Nature |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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