Reviews of professor Alison Kanosky

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
worse class I ever took and makes a big deal about monitoring students progress. this is college where ppl have lives yet she expects us to know every single detail like the dates and age of each characters in the story...

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class may seem daunting during the first week or after reviewing the syllabus but trust me if you just put in a bit of effort this class can be an easy A. It's all open note & open book.  She grades fairly, a lot of the assignments are opinion based but you need to show you've done the reading and understand the core concepts.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very good professor. She's careful about what she says because she doesn't want to offend students. 

You'll read 3 books in class. All relate to American Culture by giving American minorities voices via their memoir books. Makes me wish I was an American Studies minor, but alas I'm graduating in May so it's too late to add a minor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think Alison's class was very challenging. It forced us to think and analyze the subject in depth. Reading and class discussions are absolutely required. She is the most organized and responsive professors I have had. You must be ready to work. I feel like this course is very lively in person. I took this online during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Kanosky is a wonderful professor. While her syllabus might seem intimidating initially, staying on top of the reading will ensure your success. She's a fair grader if you demonstrate you've done the reading. The course starts challenging but becomes easier as the semester progresses. She is kind-hearted and highly recommended.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took her class during the covid-19 and she treated the class as if life was completely normal and everyone had money and time on their hands. she treats college students as if they are kids by forcing them to partcipate and if we don't, she humiliates us by voicing "Make sure you do the reading cause I can tell in class if you didn't" pls avoid

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No structure, course not adapted well to fit a summer slot, extreme inconsistency of work load between weeks, expected to read a book a week and retain everything, discussions which require a lot of thought, halfway through course before being able to view grade, and unnecessarily long lectures. Everything is centered around books, so why lecture?

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
By far the worse professor I ever had. She polices students by telling them explicitly to "include evidences from the middle of the book and not just the beginning and ending so I can tell that you did read it". Might as well ask what the last word of a chapter is. She also forces you to participate by calling you against your will.