Reviews of professor Jason Payton

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Payton is a tried and true friend in the classroom. He wants you to succeed and gives you ample opportunity to do so. He gives clear expectations, provides great historical context, and overall really loves the subject so it's easy to get into it. Overall, fantastic professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
ENGL 4865 (Novel Before 1900) was the second course I've taken with Dr. Payton. He is a rare gem at UGA. To be clear, it is not an easy A class whatsoever. His grading is tougher than average and participation is mandatory. Feedback is the best and will actually improve your writing. He is intimidating but, is very kind under the big vocab.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If youre an independent learner, Dr. Payton is the best for online classes! We have recorded Zoom classes & occasional Slack chats. Hes flexible & understanding & gives clear, detailed grades that arent harsh. I also loved that we could choose a project or paper for our final- he really cared about students expressing themselves :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Payton is the SHIZ. Class is basically just discussion about the reading or very informal, short lectures, and he doesn't mandate verbal participation which is fantastic. Only one essay the whole semester and he surprised my class with donuts TWICE. Take this class if you're looking for a fun English and don't mind reading old books.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Payton is great. I took a 4000 level class, and he expected the work you put into the paper to reflect your experience as a student- which is fair. He cares a lot about his students and let re-writes happen for the first paper which I've never had happen before at UGA. Left his class feeling engaged and more informed, and wanted to learn more.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I never had a huge issue with this class because I did well on the assignments, though I did feel that discussions often spiraled out of control. Class discussion would occasionally get a bit charged and tense for no reason, making people not want to participate--but Payton randomly calls on people to talk, so that poses a problem.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Books were really intersting and class discussions were helpful for understanding the major themes presented. He lets everyone rewrite their first essay for a better grade, so don't be intimidated if this is your first college english class. He wants essays written a particular way though, so definitely look at rubrics. Only 4 essays  entire grade