Reviews of professor Kirsten Andersen

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I couldn't afford the required textbook for my class for the first weeks so after buying it I wrote a vulnerable email and asked if I could redo an assignment I had performed poorly on due to lacking the textbook. She sent me a detailed email explaining what I had done wrong and why. She then ended the email suggesting I use the campus food pantry.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very nice person. Problem is, she is the worst English professor I have ever had. There is no clear structure to the class, assignments will completely change on short notice, no rubrics to structure your assignments off of, and even a lack of instructions in every assignment leading to lots of confusion. Make sure to ask very thorough questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Such a great professor, my favorite I have had in all my three years. Andersen is very personable and outgoing, always there if you need anything. Most asighments are worked on in class, not a heavy workload at all. Does a great job at teaching overall, very enjoyable ! 

-I could not disagree more with these negative commends.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Attendance is a large part of your grade so don't miss too many days. She likes group work so communicating with classmates daily is a requirement. She assigns daily discussion posts (which you do with your group) and multiple essays and grades tough on them. I would only recommend if you're passionate about english, not just for a good grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is very nice and understanding person. If you have any issues, she responds very quickly to emails. If you have to miss class, you are allowed up to 3 missed classes with no penalty. In class, you always have to be engaged and participating. Mostly every class consists of group work. I also found it difficult to get 100% on any assignment.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very nit picky about what she wants in her papers. Nice person, very liberal, mediocre professor though. She had a us read two books in her class. I got a decent grade without even reading them and relied on spark-note type websites. Ethnography at the end of the class was pretty easy though.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Andersen is a TERRIBLE professor. She has clear favorites and if you are not one of them she will make your life much harder. She gives quizzes every week and her exams are long, but she doesn't give you an adequate amount of time to complete them. Her projects are awful and forces you to memorize a long poem and recite it to the class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very very very stubborn. Her way of grading is very strict and tedious. She shows favoritism and will become frustrated upon someone asking a simple yes or no question. Would not recommend.