Reviews of professor Andrea Otanez

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy enough class, though the group projects were annoying and they are graded fairly harshly. The lecture content was mostly interesting, though the quizzes are basically reading comprehension rather than testing conceptual knowledge.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She replies to your email pretty fast. Also, she incorporated group projects in both asynchronous/ synchronous sections, which is a nice chance to meet new friends during a pandemic on Zoom. Really enjoy this class, and she's just so responsible and caring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Your grade mainly consists of 5 short reflections, 2 midterms, and a final (not cumulative). Attendance during lecture is graded using Poll Ev, although she drops a couple of your lowest scores. To succeed I had to put in a lot of time outside of class. She talks fast so I ended up watching the panoptos after each class to add to my notes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She makes her class very easy to succeed in. Do the readings because that's what the tests are mostly about. Lectures are mandatory but she drops two of them, she drops your lowest reflection and she drops two of the six required sections. Class consists of 3 midterms, 5 reflections (500 word max), and section engagement.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Andrea really knows her stuff and can offer great feedback on the journalism she wants you to write. Not a ton of room for creativity in the journalism genre, mostly just the straightforward news stuff

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Otanez's Com289: Power and difference class and she is a very well-respected and caring professor. She is very passionate about the material as well as very knowledgable. I recommend taking this course because you become aware of how society plays a role revolving around media.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Otanez is an amazing teacher and she knows what she is doing. She adequately ties journalism activism, and communities to illustrate how those fit the framework of contemporary journalism. She also teaches us how to report and cover minority communities with respect and no bias. This is true in writing and interviewing people. Great class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easiest class I've taken at UW, content was interesting and exams were SO easy. Showed up to class, took notes, read over notes once before tests and 4.0'd it. She had vids in lecture so classes go by fast. She does talk pretty fast though and she would just read off her notes that we didn't have access to, so it was easy to miss info

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class. She takes too 8/10 quizzes, and 3/4 papers, and theres a lot of group projects. Pretty easy, but also really enjoyable. Would definitely take again.