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Sarah Wood

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Raw average: 4.40/5 from 10 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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ENGL 1742026-04-27

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Lots of reading in a short time to ensure classtime is used in the most productive and helpful ways. She is extremely caring, understanding, engaging, and truly wishes the best for every student

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ENGL/ENVIRST 1532026-01-22

Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5

Dr. Wood was a wonderful professor and the sweetest person. She cares deeply about the course material and her students. There are some tight deadlines for reading, which made the class somewhat difficult to keep up with. As long as you're ok with the reading, I'd highly recommend.

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English474 · course not matched2024-12-25

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

I absolutely love Dr. Wood, she's very knowledgeable and passionate about the texts she's assigning and about her students. She does sometimes encourage an echo chamber but she facilitates interesting and insightful class discussions that help with understanding the poems we read. Incredibly kind as a professor and in her grading, take her class!!!

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ENGL 1742024-12-20

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Phenomenal professor and class! She completely changed how I view literature and nearly convinced me to become an English major. She's incredibly caring and wants to see her students succeed inside and outside of the classroom. I couldn't recommend her enough.

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ENG351 · course not matched2023-01-05

Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5

Dr. Wood was INCREDIBLE!!! I learned so much, she's so kind and truly cares about students' holistic success; this was my favorite class I have ever taken I'm so thankful for her. She really helped me look at literature in a new way and I was pushed to think more critically in the best way possible.

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English474 · course not matched2022-11-21

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Dr. Wood is amazing and I can't recommend her highly enough. I took her Climate Crisis Literature class and she is an amazing person and professor. There is a lot of assigned reading but it's all very engaging- just make sure you make the time for it! Dr. Wood provides good feedback, but not grades until the end of the semester.

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Classes with Sarah Wood

ENGL 169

Modern American Literature

3 credits

Introduction to Modern American Literature covering selected fiction, prose, drama, and poetry written by Americans from the early twentieth century to the present.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.42 GPA, 68.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Anja Jovic-Humphrey Sarah Wood

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Spring 2025–Spring 2026

ENGL 245

Seminar in the Major

3 credits

Advanced English major seminar focusing on critical reading, writing, and analysis of literary and theoretical issues.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.68 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

Kate Merz Sarah Wood+2 more

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

ENGL 373

Contemporary Poetry

3 credits

Contemporary Poetry studies significant recent poetry written in English, focusing on identifying and critiquing trends and developments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.42 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.45 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.61 GPA, 88.7% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).

Sarah Wood

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Spring 2024–Spring 2025 · limited sample

ENGL 699

Directed Study

1–3 credits

Directed Study is an English course for junior or senior students with prior or concurrent intermediate-level work in the same subject, requiring consultation with an academic advisor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Heather Swan Larry Edgerton+31 more

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2027	ENGL 169	Modern American Literature
Spring 2027	ENGL 245	Seminar in the Major
Spring 2027	ENGL 373	Contemporary Poetry
Spring 2027	ENGL 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ENGL 174	Literature and Social Justice
Fall 2026	ENGL 245	Seminar in the Major
Fall 2026	ENGL 474	Topic in Contemporary Literature
Fall 2026	ENGL 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	ENGL 990	Dissertation Research in English

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