Reviews of professor Erik Gellman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Gellman is a great professor! His forte is American labor but his HIST 128 class was still very entertaining and informative. Lectures are not slide by slide but they are very vocally organized. The grades are based on 3 papers and a final paper, but they are graded by TAs. There are multiple extra credit opportunities in the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gellman gives good lectures and is caring toward students, but I just wanted to say that for anyone considering this class as a gen ed, it is a lot of work. Depending on your TA, it might not even be that hard to get an A on papers, but nonetheless, 5 papers in a semester (2 for the final) can feel like a lot for a gen ed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gellman is truly a gem at UNC. I loved taking HIST 128 with him, it was one of my favorite classes I've taken in my time at UNC. The class is graded by 3 papers, and the final was a take home 2 essays. I took it at 8 am but went to class every time just because of how interesting it was and how good Gellman made the lectures. Take this!!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Gellman is your typical liberal nerd history professor. I went every day and thought it made the papers easier but I know a couple of people who didn't show up once and still got a B or B+. My TA was the man

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing course. TA's were super helpful and accommodating. Professor Gellman responds quickly. Lectures were very interesting. Short papers that weren't time-consuming. 10/10 class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Gellman is very knowledgable about what he teaches. His lectures were interesting, but be warned that the slideshows do not have any notes on them, only pictures. There were three short papers which were easy. However, the final was pretty difficult. Papers were graded a bit harshly, but this seems to be the case with many history classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Gellman is a solid lecturer and assigns thought-provoking readings. My only issue with the class was the somewhat vague essay prompts.

Would highly recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Gellman is intelligent, approachable, and respectful. The load is manageable- you read a provided source to discuss each class and complete 5 one-page papers throughout the year, along with an 8 page final paper. This was my first history class at UNC and I learned a lot about history writing and primary sources from his feedback.