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This guy is absolutely one of my favorite professors. He teachers you in a way for you to retain the information. His lectures are interesting, and I was actually somewhat excited to go to history class. Exams aren't that bad, either. He's a prof you can relate to. Prof D's the man!Rate My Professors ↗
Sean was a good teacher and I learned a lot from his class. A lot of content included are topics that arent usually included in a typical history class that really made it interesting. Sean was really fair and pretty clear in what he expected from students.Rate My Professors ↗
he's a real guy.. super relatable but obviously crazy intelligent.Rate My Professors ↗
Dinces was a pretty cool professor overall. He was very passionate about the course and made the class interesting. His tests and papers were very clear and appropriate too. However, it was sometimes hard to pay attention to him during lecture because he talks a lot rather than putting the material on power points.Rate My Professors ↗
He makes you fall in love with history. He knows his stuff and it's so interesting to hear him speak and learn from him. Two midterms, one paper, and a final. I would highly recommend this class to anyone and I would take it again if I could! I always enjoyed going to history class.Rate My Professors ↗
he would speed through the powerpoints but all you have to do is copy those down. he gives you 30 terms to study and then chooses 8 at random for the test and you must write about the importance of each. made it a lot easier to study. he is an awesome professor and really gets you into it. i only read for the paper due at the end.Rate My Professors ↗
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No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2016 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2015 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 283 | Intermediate Honors Seminar-studies in History |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 500 | Reading Seminar in History |
| Spring 2015 | HISTORY 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 102 | American History, Civil War Era to the Present |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2014 | HISTORY 999 | Independent Work |
| Spring 2014 | HISTORY 221 | Explorations in American History (h) |
| Spring 2014 | HISTORY 600 | Advanced Seminar in History |
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