Reviews of professor Susan Pennybacker

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Pennybacker's great, she can be a bit off-putting. It feels like she likes hear herself talk. As long as you show her that you're listening, "trying" to engage with the text, and that you gave the work a legitimate effort, she'll give you an A. She's a bit crazy, but a good person

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Pennybacker is awesome! She is super understanding and caring. She is also very knowledgable about many things. We were really only graded on one paper and one presentation. She does lecture a lot, but its definitely a course to take.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
one of my favorite professors I've had, cares so much about her students, very accessible outside of class, and will give you extensions if needed. 1 midterm, 3 4 page papers, and a take home final. we watched a lot of interesting documentaries in class and theres not a lot of reading for a history class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pennybacker is extremely passionate and knowledgable about British history. The lectures are dry and are hard to listen to but this class is worth taking because of how accommodating Dr. Pennybacker is. As long as you show up to class and put effort into your papers, you'll at least make a B+.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Pennybacker is awesome. She's funny, caring, and she genuinely wants people to do well in her class. You do need to do the readings, and the work is mostly readings/essays and IDs on the midterm. TAs do most of the grading, but she makes lectures interesting and will often go on tangents about modern Britain; we heard a lot about Brexit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pennybacker is one of the most caring professors I've had at UNC. I'm not much of a history person, but she made sure to keep the class engaging even if the material was a bit dry. She takes random attendance so it's best to attend as much as possible. Tough but fair grader, and really cares about the success and well-being of her students.