Reviews of professor Abbie Smith-Ryan

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Smith-Ryan is a great professor. She truly cares about her students. She is a pretty lenient grader and is even more helpful during office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She encourages class participation and asks questions to the class during her lectures. The lectures are engaging and she knows her stuff but the exams are difficult. Biweekly quizzes and 4 exams make up your grade. No homework!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you have the chance take this. It was super interesting and Dr. Smith-Ryan was very accommodating and kind. This class is very applicable for the real world and was a class I always enjoyed attending. The class was mainly projects/assignments w/ 2 exams and a final. Majority of class focused on projects to help with the final. Take this class!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Smith Ryan is intelligent and bases this course off of her research, but lecture slides get confusing without her comments, going to class was the only way to truly understand what she wanted us to learn. Patronizing when giving feedback in class if you answer/ask questions. Class conversations initiated by students were more engaging

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you can take her exss 360 class, do it. she is so intelligent and is clearly very passionate about her work. The content you learn in this class is so applicable to real life and it changes the way you view nutrition. she is extremely helpful in office hours and is interested in getting to know you. you get out of this class what you put into it

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Smith-Ryan gives enjoyable lectures. However, she makes you feel incompetent for suggesting an incorrect answer. Assignment instructions are confusing and vague. She nit-picks everything you turn in. If you are sick, have family/mental health issues, do not expect her to accommodate you in any way. Interesting class, but not a great professor.