Reviews of professor Karen Stancil

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Karen Stancil is simply the RUDEST and least helpful instructor ever. She seems to teach at 6-7 different colleges online and she treats her students with utter contempt. If the software stops working during a proctored quiz, which happens a lot, she will give a ZERO no matter what. She has a horrible, ugly, attitude and even worse grading style.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Horrid professor. There is a difference between tough grading and a genuine ethics violation. She will accuse you of getting something wrong and give you an F, when what you've said is categorically correct but perhaps has awkward wording. I've shown many of my bad grades to a graduate educated geneticist who each time said I was 99% correct.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Karen needs to learn how to scale her expectations to the appropriate level of the course. I found her to be far too detailed oriented for an introductory class. Instead of being a science course this has been more of an introductory writing course.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course isn't super tough, but be aware that she accepts no late work - no exceptions. Not unless something astronomical were to happen to you. She also can be rude.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great feedback. I love her courses. Very intelligent and well spoken. Great professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assignments were so poorly written it was often unclear. Follow rubrics & for journal assignments copy and paste the questions & answer them underneath. Don't worry about being dinged for APA/grammar - she does not seem to be well versed in either. Don't need the book! Can find everything online! Awful uncaring instructor!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Does not appear to care about ensuring that you actually learn or retain the information. If you can't teach yourself from reading a textbook then she will just fail you. It's either A's or F's with her. I honestly do not mean this in an insulting way but she is genuinely a mean person. Communication with her often leaves you feeling defeated.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This course was basically participation. If you do the work, you get a 100. Just follow the rubric and you'll be fine. I ended with a very high A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Even though there's zero teaching at Doane, the exams are all proctored through the notorious ProctorU. And, Stancil is simply the worst "facilitator" that I've ever encountered. She must be miserable because she makes the whole course a miserable experience. Have a problem in class? Too bad! Need an explanation? Just google it! Run. Run far away.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This lady really is a Karen. She is dedicated to the role and even got the haircut. She told me she didn't care that my mom died and to get over it the same week that she died. I cried and she told me to leave the classroom immediately. I was too scared to say anything because I knew she'd retaliate. Avoid her at all costs. She has no emotions.