Reviews of professor John Bauernfeind

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The worst professor at Parsons. Inappropriate at times. Only cares about his favorite students and provides no guidance to others. Extremely self-absorbed. You will learn more about his sad life than you will about design. Instead of teaching us to better the industry, he continuously talks about “the beauty of the skinny model body.”

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Made us write essays and said he would group us based on those essays for our final projects, but instead he grouped his most-liked students together, and his least-liked students together. Very unprofessional.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hes the worst teacher in school. He likes to accuse and to humiliate students weekly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Horrendous professor. Terrible time management considering he's the curriculum coordinator. Spent a whole week on introductions and five weeks of random rapid projects during thesis. Extremely emotional, insecure, sad when you call him out. No communication skills. Wastes time doing unnecessary critiques. Spends half the class with one student.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He accused students each class . He told students that he has a good relationship with programss chair.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not sure why there are so many bad reviews below.. this is singlehandedly one of the best profs I've ever had in my life. John pushes his students in all the right ways and offers a new way of artistic thinking. He is incredibly talented and knowledgeable and it is a privilege to take his class! I would recommend him to any student who is serious

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I felt as though I was reading too much into my interactions with John until speaking with other students. I now recognize that he was quite frankly just out to get me. Would not take his class again.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's an inspiring professor with CSM aesthetic and criteria. If you know this kind of style well then you're all good. But if you want to learn something from him, I'm afraid he isn't the right professor. I would say he's perfect for those smart designers who just need a little hint.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I like the feedback from John's class so much, it's always useful and helps a lot for my thesis class. When there's no class , he also could share opinions if you have something to discuss.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm very confused by the negative reviews... From the start he emphasized working outside your comfort zone. He showed me how to push my designs without hijacking control, he gives constructive critiques without putting you down, seems to genuinely care for each student. Bonus: he's not out of touch with the industry and won't give outdated advice!