Reviews of professor Valarie Shaw

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Valarie Shaw is my Linguistics teacher.  She is a certified interpreter, so she knows the "ropes" of her field well.  As such, she has high expectations.  Prepare to work hard, but it is definitely worth the work.  Plus, you receive good feedback about your sign production.  Highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I loved having Val for ASL. She gives great feedback and really strives to help hearing students understand the Deaf/HOH community. You do have to put in effort and use the textbook, but I feel like ASL 1 & 2 were some of the most important classes I completed at JALC.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Fantastic teacher. Is more than willing to work with students one on one so that they are able to fully understand signs. Attendance is mandatory because ASL is a visual language and you can't learn from only looking at your book.