Reviews of professor Matthew Anderson

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Anderson manages to make an interesting subject dull. He fails to connect with students, and his manner during class feels mechanical. The class wasn't super difficult, and the readings he chose were interesting, but his presentation of the material made the class a drag. I respect him as a person and a profI just wish he connected more with us.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Anderson has been an amazing professor and fair grader, with the final grade in the class being based on only a few essay assignments, a research paper, and final exam. Lectures and course materials were super interesting, despite what other reviews may say. Definitely recommend for POG and was my favorite class of the semester!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Anderson is a great choice for an easy A in POG. You definitely need to participate to get an A and show up to class, but you can get by just skimming readings. Super nice and accessible outside of class. Go to office hours a few times and he will totally help you out. One of my favorite professors at Georgetown.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class is almost entirely discussion-based. Assigns a fair amount of difficult readings for each class, but as long as you can make one intelligent comment on it, you'll do fine. Very nice guy who cares a great deal for the class. Only grades come from a few short essays, a midterm and final (pretty easy), and a research paper.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class is almost entirely discussion-based, and I felt like it was extremely disorganized: He sometimes struggled to bring the conversations back in to focus, causing us to rush through concepts that we were tested on. Readings can be boring at times.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super solid choice for Problem of God! Not many assignments at all (couple reflection papers, final, + longer research paper), and he's a pretty lenient grader. Also such a nice professor and super accessible outside of class as long as you reach out to him! Would recommend!