Reviews of professor Melinda Backer

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Backer is great, she is very engaging and is real funny. If you are still wondering if you should take her class, just do it because you won't be disappointed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Backer is one of the best professors I have ever had. Her lectures are funny and engaging and the papers you are required to do is straight forward. As long as you do your work (Which isn't much) and go to class frequently, it's an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really Awesome professor, enjoyable class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is my favorite English professor so far by a land slide. I was a little nervous about this class but she actually made it enjoyable with her humor and her amazing explanations. If you are given her as an option, pick her as your proffessor! You won't regret it. As long as you put in the work required, the class is so easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Backer is a funny and real professor. Her lectures feel more like a discussion (as class participation is frequent in them) than long lectures. She is also very caring of the students and is willing to help you out if you talk to her and show some effort to do well on your end. As a novel based english class, there was a lot of reading though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Absolutely great English professor. She is very enthusiastic in class and is hilarious. Her lectures can be a bit boring, but I feel like that's more zoom's fault rather than her lectures themselves. She also gives opportunities for extra credit pretty often, not that I was ever in need of it, but nice to have. Fair workload, fantastic professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great teacher. Amazing course load.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Backer is an amazing professor. I hate English classes in general, but her class is the first English class that I have actually enjoyed. She has a great personality and a great sense of humor! The classwork is not bad either and she gives good feedback!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
As long as you go to class and pay attention, its an easy A. She requires one on one sessions to talk about your writing and planning which is super helpful and helps if you have anxiety and trouble reaching out to your professors for that sort of thing. She does expect you to care and do your work. If you skip classes and dont care, it will show.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Backer is by far the best professor I've had at UTK so far. She is very well respected and easy to talk to. I look forward to coming to class an actually enjoy listening to her lessons, unlike other English classes I have had. 1000% recommend taking this class with her if you have the chance!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Backer was a great professor to have especially to continue English at UTK. Her lectures were engaging and funny and she is very approachable in and outside of class. Her feedback was exceptionally helpful in determining what direction to move on the major units in this course. If I had the opportunity I would definitely take her class again.