Reviews of professor Rena Robinson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Worst teacher I've had at Vandy. Completely disorganized and how no clue on how to effectively convey even basic information to the students. Complete misuse of examples that only further confused the class. Neglected basic principles in favor of discussing overly complex research articles. Little to no actual teaching. Extra credit available, tho.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Rena (pronounced Renee) Robinson is a distinguished researcher in her field. That said, she should not be teaching. She has a very poor grasp of the material she teaches and fails to engage the class as students are quickly lost amidst her disorganized powerpoints. She doesn't answer emails and is not very helpful in office hours.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Disclaimer: online. Lots of weekly assignments but made material more digestible. Focuses on several real world applications so its helpful to see where analytical chem fits into the big picture. Some assignments were harder/more time consuming than others but she gives "applied" credit to help out. Overall, solid choice for analytical chem

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Definition of disorganized. The ppts she gives us don't always match the lectures, and her grading is very arbitrary. For some Qs, if you make a small error she'll give no credit. She also has several guest lecturers that are completely confusing, but she just told us to put that in the course evaluation when we complained. Worst prof I've had .

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Robinson is a great professor. The course content can be challenging at times but she does her best to make it an engaging experience by incorporating recent research that contains relevant analytical methods. Definitely a manageable class if you put in the effort. Also extra credit to help you along the way