Reviews of professor Esther Lee

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is such a nice person, but not the best teacher. My class was doing so bad that she gave us a take home final so that we could pass. She just jumps around a lot in her lectures and talks very fast. However, all of the quizzes and tests are based off of homework problems so if you do the homework you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best professors I've had at Duke. She has a great selection of course contents that covers the overall theater area holistically in terms of style, and allows you to engage in multiple aspects of theater. Her class and the discussion questions are very intellectually stimulating and combines art with humanities thinking. A must-take

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a really nice lady, but just not a good teacher at all. The only reason I did okay in this class was because it wasn't my first time taking it. She constantly messes up examples in the lecture and the lectures don't cover the test material very well. She is willing to help in office hours, but the class and lectures are very unclear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Lee is an awesome addition to the Duke Theater Department. She is generous in grading, but reading in addition to a variety of assignments can get disorienting at times. The plays are too experimental for me. But overall, she is a great lecturer on theater history and genres.