Reviews of professor Lauren Vachon

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I do not normally write bad reviews but I was very unhappy with how this class was taught. We only heard from her at the beginning of the semester and then never again. She has only put a few grades in and we are in finals week. I did not learn anything and I was basically trying to teach myself the whole time.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She provides amazing material for the class, and the assignments are relatively simple for the most part. But she is completely absent in this online class. does not adhere to her syllabus policies for grading or responding to emails-- it takes her days to reply to simple questions. she also doesn't put any grades in until the end of the semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Absolutely hated every minute of being in this class in the context of it being an online class. 0 grades until the required midterm point, then a sudden mass grading of all 94-96% with no feedback on what kept them at that range. Then absolute silence since for grades. Basically a ghost class with mandatory "forum post + reply" weekly work.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Vachon cares about her students. Even though the class was online, I felt like I really got a chance to know her. I did visit her during office hours a couple times and she was really nice. I felt bad about late assignments but she was understanding and accepted late work. Great teacher!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really wish I would have taken intro to LGBTQ Studies in person with this professor because she was very absent online. She doesn't give any feedback and is very slow on grading. Because she doesn't grade for months on end you will be left wondering what your grade in the class is all semester. The final project is worth 40% of your grade too.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Vachon is one of my favorite professors of all time. I have taken several classes with her and she knows her information. There's a lot of reading involved in her classes, but she gives you ideas of how to manage it. This class had a very long final paper, but she guides you through it and provides more than enough resources to do it.