Reviews of professor Shanshan Rodriguez

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rodriguez is amazing and really helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shanshan is super sweet and helpful when seeking additional assistance. I found the flipped classroom style to be needlessly confusing, but can acknowledge it could work well for other people. Pretty lenient grader, willing to give most credit on exams for just setting up equations properly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Rodriguez gives amazing lectures covering almost all the important points in textbook. Plus she introduces the mechanisms behind the formulas and the real life applications, which are quite fun for people who like physics. The materials sometimes can be hard to understand but shes quite accessible outside classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best Professor Ever! Definitely will retake

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best profs I've had at Grinnell. Very high standards for her students, and really puts the pressure on you in office hours. Definitely on the easier side of grading for STEM profs. Incredibly organized with consistency engaging lectures and plenty of cool demos.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Rodriguez is a pretty solid choice for an introduction to physics class. She is usually quite flexible with her office hours and HW help meeting times. Most of the class consists of lectures reviewing the readings assigned the day before with the addition of sample problems. Also, her assignments are well balanced in terms of difficult.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shanshan is one of the most nice profs in physics department. I took her PHY116 online not knowing the course does not count towards phys major lol. She hosts BBQ party with Leo at their house during free times. She also cares a lot about her students and will help you with other physics classes as well, escpecially international students.

Sam C.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Shanshan is very helpful and loves working with students one-on-one and in small groups. She is always very happy to answer questions and during lecture, office hours, and during review sessions. She was generous enough to host weekly homework help sessions in the evening to create a space dedicated to completing the homework. Best prof for EMT!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I agree that Shanshan's lectures can at times be hard to follow, but she is always willing to answer questions and re-explain concepts during office hours. When I took PHY 116 Fall 2020, she took time out of her day every single Thursday to meet with me and make sure I was understanding the material. Overall a kind and flexible professor!