Reviews of professor Zane Mackin

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is very passionate about what he teaches & that translates well in his lectures, as they were very interesting. To do well, all you have to do is show up and pay attention in class. He is a tough grader, does not give much feedback unless you ask for it, and is disorganized. That said, I still really enjoyed his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Much harder than other IH classes at Temple. DO NOT take this professor and take others, the way his tests are setup with identifying the passage in the book and reading it is much more difficult than the simple essay writing that other IH classes have you do.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Although he comes across a little pretentious, overall I liked him as a professor. I also had him for Representing Race Eng 0834 and that course in particular was very lecture heavy. I think the most important takeaway for me between both classes is that I got so much more out of them when I did the readings and engaged with the texts.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While the course material is intensive with reading, the professor really cares about his students and if I had any complications in the topic he was there to help. I really like the readings we do, since professor Mackin makes it more interesting and we have fascinating interpretations and discussion.