Reviews of professor Cynthia Kinnan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Such an easy class. Kinnan is super nice but can be pretty boring and you end up just going on your computer because the class is so easy and not engaging. There are nuggets of interesting things but overall the economics department makes her teach boring material that is easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Kinnan is a fantastic professor. She explains concepts in crystal clear approachable ways. Her homework and exams reflect this. She is passionate about Development Economics and its tangible real-world applications. Not a math-heavy course, super applicable for humanities-oriented econ majors. She is super caring and approachable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her lectures were sometimes a tad dry but the Poor Economics book and articles she had us read were super interesting, problem sets aren't too difficult and all done in groups. Super fair grader and the exams are nothing surprising, basically the same types of questions as problem sets with different numbers, make sure you know the readings

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Terrible lectures, she stared at the board the whole time. Attending class is a bore, but the content is not difficult. Just generally not an engaging lecturer, and a mid-professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
graded based on group problem sets, reading responses, participation, and 2 exams which are not too hard. lectures can get dry though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very good and thoughtful professor with experience in the field of economic development.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy econ elective. Very nice and super intelligent person. Lectures can be dry but as long as you somewhat listen you're fine. Not very quantitative class. 4 group PSets, and exams are similar + easier than Psets; never surprises and fair grader. Helpful in OH. Don't need TB but you read some chapters of Poor Economics which is interesting.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The lectures were so boring in this class, not worth taking. The professor reads off the slides and doesn't make class engaging at all. The readings are interesting at points and the lectures add little to the content. The exams are really easy and so is the homework. Very low time commitment class but did not learn much at all.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Sometimes I had the dumbest questions during her office hours, but she answered them with so much patience. As someone who struggles in Econ, I'm very thankful. She also assigns meaningful & engaging reading material, so you'll come out of the class more curious about the world. I also made friends through doing group problem sets, yay.