Reviews of professor Sarah Penry

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I absolutely loved Dr. Penry. She was so knowledgable, and as a Latina myself, the class was definitely incredible to be in. Make sure you read the readings though, and be prepared for them to take a long time to get through. Don't let that stop you from taking this class though; it was one of my favorites.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Penry is a fair grader. If you write well and use source material, you will get a good grade. While class is unstructured and hard to sit through, the readings are pretty interesting, and you will walk away with a good understanding of the material. Midterm (4 pages) and final paper (8 pages), a group presentation, and blackboard postings.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Grade consisted of weekly BB posts, a presentation on class readings, a final paper, and a presentation on that paper. Dr. Penry is a fair grader - there are really no surprises. Complete all the assignments and you'll do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took her EP1 class and it was mostly either a whole class based on questions made by a group presentation or her just lecturing the whole time. Expect cold calls and heavy discussion on long readings. HW is mostly just a discussion board, with set prompts made by her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Penry is overall a pretty good prof. Kinda scary at first (kinda blunt and Alabama vibes) but has a good heart. Discussion posts on the reading for every class (40% of grade) and three group presentations (30% of grade). Pretty organized and responds to emails. Midterm and final were papers. Takes attendance every class and cold calls onpeople

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Penry cares about the subject matter and shows this through her professional life. Class is very unstructured, just sit and talk about readings. Only do discussion posts, one presentation, and one final essay. Didn't even take notes till the last 4 weeks of class and did fine. Just make sure you participate a lot so that she remembers you.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The amount of reading is almost unmanageable, and the texts are extremely tough and boring. No tests but extremely long papers. The professor is also not very nice which makes her unapproachable. I would avoid taking her for this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Penry is great and knows a ton about what she's teaching. She gives pretty long readings and we had multiple group presentations. You will learn a lot in her class and I think it was really valuable. The only papers we had were for our final. Other than that reading, reading responses, and group presentations.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Penry taught me more about Latin America than I ever expected to know. Her class is informative and interesting. There is a lot of reading, which is necessary to know what's going on in class. There were about 4-5 papers, including a difficult final paper, as well as a group project. Homework is mainly discussion boards. It's an EP1, expect to read