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Sainath Suryanarayanan

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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STS 201
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
STS is an intermediate level class, so there is a decent amount of work, but Sai is an absolutely amazing professor, so it's entirely worth it. He is extremely helpful if you have any questions and is very knowledgeable and passionate about the course topics. Participation is important to your grade, but it's not difficult to get points for it.
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STS 201
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Sai is a good guy, very passionate about this class's topics. Do the readings. Do the readings please. He may call out your BS at any time by requesting specific quotes to support your claim. Get him going about bees and wasps and take a seat while he talks about his doctoral research (and existential crisis surrounding it).
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Classes with Sainath Suryanarayanan

STS 901

Science, Technology and Medicine in Society

3 credits

Examines key themes, issues, and scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies, focusing on how disciplinary perspectives shape questions, methods, and theory.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.89 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Sainath Suryanarayanan

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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Spring 2027STS 699Directed Study
Spring 2027STS 901Science, Technology and Medicine in Society

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