Reviews of professor Shawn Mendez

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A lot of people dislike her credit or no credit grading rubric, which is understandable, but I personally have no issue with it. Maybe steer clear if you dislike that. However, theyre very kind and cares for the mental and physical health of her students. Discussions in class are eye-opening and its nice to be able to share personal experiences.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mendez knows the material she is teaching very well. But the grading style of pass/fail just doesn't seem appropriate for a research methods class where some of the material can be complicated and very dense. What makes this worse is she a tough grader. Dr. Mendez is not very welcoming and not helpful for mental health issues.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Though intelligent, she abuses her power as a professor by implementing incredibly unreasonable grading criteria. With her grading structure, some assignments account for absolutely no credit. She does not give clear feedback that allows for students to know what they are missing/doing incorrectly. I wouldn't recommend her to my worst enemy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Clearly a brilliant woman. However, Dr. Mendez chooses to either give credit or not give credit for assignments. If you are not given credit she counts it like you never did it at all even if you spent hours working on the assignment.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mendez is awesome, I find she really wants her students to actually learn the material, and to critically think and embody the info- she does this with her grading style including oral exams. I'm super impressed with this and highly recommend her and her grading style. Queer Soc is by far one of my favorite and most life changing courses.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Does not teach well, mainly just reads from the book. Acts strange as if she doesn't know how people act. She wont let you see your test after you take it, just the scantron. Choose another professor, not worth the hassle. Thinks way too much of herself.