Reviews of professor Stephanie Leary

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm surprised by the lack of discussion concerning this professor's poor choice of readings and rude emails. Some of the readings are blatantly racist, and when questioned, she gets overly defensive. I also don't like how she instructs the TAs to bell curve our classes. When I asked her about this curve over email, she gave me a vague response.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Despite the recent controversy, I found Professor Leary to be a great prof. Her lectures were incredibly engaging and forced you to retain the information. Anytime I got a bit lost, a simple re-reading of the slides put me back on track. Overall very interesting course taught by a very obviously knowledgeable professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Stephanie Leary was a nice teacher and she presented the controversial issues as best as she could. However, her TAs grade VERY inconsistently. Be ready to get 90 on one paper and 60 on the other with very minimal explanation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course description contains a list of 6 incredible contemporary moral issues that MIGHT be discussed. We only covered two: affirmative action and #metoo. No room to come to your own conclusions through discussion and debate. Avoid if you question cautious and/or liberal perspectives.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her laptop policy is insulting and babies students: you can only use your laptop in the back three rows. When I approached her to tell her I get accommodations to use my laptop, she pushed back but eventually agreed. The next class, she called me out in front of 350 students because she forgot she gave me permission to sit in front. So insensitive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very structured lectures that complemented the readings. Super interesting topics and great required readings. She was very flexible about the subjects, for example if you were uncomfortable about a section of the course she did not require you to write about it with no questions asked. Would definitely take this course again if I could.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Unapproachable and rude. She's very intolerant of non-liberal perspectives. She also gets angry when you don't address her strictly as "Professor Leary." Also, the grading criteria is not as clear as other commenters make it seem like. When I asked her what "good writing" was, as mentioned in her rubric, there was no clear response.