Reviews of professor John Patrick Riley

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly I have no complaints about this prof. His lectures are thorough and class seems to fly by fast bc he talks the whole time. There is a writing prompt for discussion every week based on texts thats about 450 words which got tedious but your enjoyment in this class is really based on your TA and how harsh they grade

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Riley is a very caring and funny professor and makes his lectures fun to listen to! However, his class is work heavy and there are a lot of reading and writing (weekly HWs and 2 essays) for this class. Also, if you are the section with TAs, your grade will almost entirely depend on your TA, not on Dr. Riley, unless there are grading disputes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Riley is one of the best professors I have had the experience of being taught by. His lectures are always very interesting, even when they are about the most boring of topics. I often found myself excited to go to class, something I can't normally say. I certainly recommend Prof. Riley to any student.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
he never responds to emails and is never at office hours so if you have any type of question, good luck. also gives very little information for assignments and no rubrics

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Riley was very engaging the few times I went to class. To be honest I went to class approximately 3 times and taught myself a couple days before the tests and ended up with an A. His lectures are actually kind of interesting but history is just not my thing

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Riley's lectures are always interesting and you can tell he's very knowledgable about American history. He's very candid about American history and will make you question things you've learned in past history classes. The weekly reading/writing assignments are a bit of a killer but he gives study guides for the exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Riley is a great professor that explains every historical concept to his student in the most enthusiastic and simple way. His lecturers are pretty fast-paced but are very organized and clear. He has a clear grading criteria and is overall a great professor.