Reviews of professor Lida Maxwell

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Tough grader. If you disagree with her on an author or dislike a book she likes. Be prepared to be Cutoff during your speech/presentation or receive a low grade on your paper.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super hard course and professor is a harsh grader. Just readings with no other review material provided. Avoid this course if you can.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Maxwell is an amazing teacher. A lot of it has to do with preference though. She structured her lectures in a way that facilitated discussion, mostly from students though. The readings are very interesting (Hobbes, Locke, Marx, Foucault). I had to work really hard for the grade, but she is willing to work with you if you come to office hours. Take!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
favorite class I have taken. Professor Maxwell is the perfect balance between caring/fair and intellectually challenging. You should do the readings since everything about the class is based on the readings. there are pop quizzes but as long as you have at least skimmed the readings you'll be fine. Take the class, you won't regret it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
super chill, the midterms were so easy. did not learn a thing in this class and still managed an A. Annoying that he made the final optional on the last day of class, flights were already expensive but whatever. Take him for an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Maxwell is the BEST lecturer I have ever had. She is able to make political philosophy seem so interesting and easy to understand! (Which is a very hard thing to do!) She makes sure everyone in the class is involved in discussion and makes the effort to know everyone's name in a 100+ lecture room! Not the easiest class, but worth it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Maxwell is clearly very passionate about what she is teaching and this is very evident in her lectures, which were amazing. Lots of reading and be ware of pop quizzes. For papers and exams office hours were easily accessible and very helpful!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Maxwell is a great teacher who encourages thought provoking discussion. I wouldn't say she's eccentric but her class is never boring, and she is a fair grader as well. She is also a very kind person - please take her class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Worst professor i've ever had. Grading criteria was unclear and inconsistent. Grades you based on her own interpretations of texts even when the prompt asks you for yours. If you want to take the class my advice is: figure out what she wants you to think/write. Random attendance and quizzes. Lectures were comprehensive but not worth the headache.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Even though this class was certainly not my cup of tea, Prof. Maxwell teaches so well that I still found her lectures engaging. When classes went remote, Prof. Maxwell was super understanding and flexible to her students. I had a great time in her class and I definitely learned something. Taken Spring 2020.