Reviews of professor Christopher Whidden

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
kind man and generally makes a difficult class interesting, but lots of repeating what was said in lecture and can get kinda mansplainy at times haha. a pretty tough (but fast!) grader, and tries to encourage student participation as much as he can. very kind man who likes to talk to his students and values all your input and thoughts. good option!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Whidden is amazing!!! He really cares about his students and does his best to be engaging and insightful. He is a super quick grader and gives lots of feedback. He responds really quickly to emails and is helpful if you ask him questions before a paper is due (about a thesis, evidence, etc.) He made Honors super enjoyable this year!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Whidden is an amazing professor for discussion. There's a good balance of teaching and encouraging discussion from the students.. At times in the honors program, I felt like there was a little bit of academic babble, but Whidden clearly puts a lot of thought into the texts and reads them along with us and I really appreciated that.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I really like Whidden. He lectures on Genesis, which is very easy to make boring. However, Whidden kept me engaged. His lectures were on topic and focused and I really appreciated them. While he was only the second lecturer, he is memorable enough that I know how much I enjoyed his lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Whidden is an amazing professor! He's one of my favorites. His intellect is astonishing. He's also accommodating if you really need an extension. If you ever meet with him on zoom you may have the honor of meeting his cat Butterscotch. He's a bit of a hard grader when it comes to essays. Make sure not to have any opinions in your essay.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Whidden is such a fun and knowledgeable professor. He treats the class entirely like a discussion - when there is little involvement, he won't let there be any awkward silence, so he always contributes his own thoughts on the text which then prompt participation. It's clear he cares as he emphasizes his office hours. Taking him again for D102!