Reviews of professor Theana Noelle Kastens

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Look, I'm sure TNK is a nice person, but she showed up to 5 classes during a 15 week course (1 meeting a week). She has her lectures on YT, so we still managed to learn (most of) the material. However, a 33% attendance rate is not great. If you choose to take TNK be aware of this possibility. She does, however, go over the material for exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great teacher. Class is intriguing & easy. just be cautious when it comes to plagiarism because she takes it seriously.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is so real and genuine and just a very nice and smart person about art history!   She is easy, understanding, and makes sure you understand the topic.  I mean she really makes it easy to understand.   A friend of mine was in her class at Mason a couple of years ago and said she was the same way there, too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The Professor is an enthusiastic and engaging lecturer. She highlights recommended areas of focus for study, provides informative Powerpoints and encourages class participation, take notes. During the pandemic she transitioned effortlessly to remote learning, is incredibly responsive, and is efficient with class-time; I highly recommend her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Long videos

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took her zoom class, she is very knowledgeable and easy to listen to; however she is hard to contact to besides class. She takes few days to respond to emails but her grading criteria is clear. She doesn't give too many assignments, for us there are 2 exams and 1 big assignment. Besides that it was just discussion boards.