Reviews of professor Jameta Barlow

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You don't get a grade for this class until THE END of the semester so it's very hard to know how you're doing. You do a million readings each week, ask questions, then all you do every class is just talk about the questions. She uses most of the time to talk about racism and sexism, and sometimes even just makes up things to prove her points.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Barlow is incredibly educated about the topics that we discussed. Her lectures, however, were wandering and aimless. She was completely inaccessible outside of class and didn't respond to emails. Her "labor-based grading" is an excuse to not grade anything until the end of the course, and made it impossible to gauge your progress in class. DNT!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There's a 23 page paper to write at the end of this class which was the bane of my existence for the entire semester. Professor Barlow can also be kind of judgmental and rude, but gives decent feedback. The whole class / assignments are confusing, but I got a lot from the class. It'll make you grow as a writer and the discussions are interesting

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Knowledgeable but seems like she's here to research rather than teach. Even by the end she very clearly didn't know our names, causing many awkward moments (only 12 students). Grading is arbitrarily based on her general perception of your effort. Despite spending so much time on it, the only thing I learned from this course was her personal beliefs

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I actually took black girls and women's health and it was the best class I've ever taken at GW. such amazing curriculum and assigned readings, and we had amazing guest speakers. I took it online and came to almost every class bc class discussion were always so exciting and she's a phenomenal prof. HIGHLY recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Barlow is an amazing person in general. Her knowledge of the course material is stellar and contributes to her lectures which are very informative. She does not grade most of the assignments throughout the year so the main grade is the final paper. Start early and make sure to participate in class so she knows and likes you. Great woman.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She doesn't grade anything and you get next to no feedback until the end of the semester when you're given your grade. You're given a B for doing what she asks and only get an A for somehow inferring what she actually wants you to do to go above and beyond. Overall, very frustrating and did not learn anything.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She does check ins which are nice before you start class, she is helpful but her class has a big paper and that can be daunting but try to go to her office hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Jameta Barlow is my enemy. She spends class time talking about her personal political views and somehow traces every issue back to racism in what I thought was a women's health class. I spoke maybe 4 times total in this class and did almost none of the extensive readings she assigned. I could not tell you how I got an A.