Reviews of professor Tasha Rijke-Epstein

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is a very genuine and nice woman and this class is extremely interesting if you are passionate about environmental history, BUT she is an extremely tough grader for no reason.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor R-E is so nice and caring. She genuinely cares a lot about her students and is excited about the class material. There are a lot of readings and many of them are boring, but the subject matter is super interesting. There are weekly blog posts and a few big papers. The level of work is moderate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By far one of my favorite and most impactful classes at Vandy. She is an amazing professor who cares so much about the subject and her students. The workload is reasonable because she really makes an effort to accommodate different learning styles and students' schedules. We covered some super interesting topics, and I definitely took away a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor R-E is honestly just so sweet and her passion for the subject shines through in this class. She made it very discussion-heavy, so doing the readings is kind of essential (usually around 30 pages per class period). 3 big essays and weekly reading reflections but she's always available for feedback, and generous grading made it low-stress!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great teacher who is very interested in the topic and cares so much about her students. Makes the content interesting. There is a lot of reading and weekly blog posts on it, with 3 big papers due throughout the semesters.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I love her. She is so caring and understanding and I just wish the best for her.

In terms of the course, the content was so interesting and I loved her class, but the work did NOT give. Maybe I'm a little slow but the readings were super hard for me, and I don't like writing but there's a lot of writing in the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Epstein is a rare breed of professor that is indeed very caring, sweet, kind, and generous. Never have I met a nice elderly lady who has such a passion for African history and culture. She truly inspired me to put my all into my work and she is a generous grader. Her class is such that you are going to wish she taught all your classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a great professor and really makes her class fun and tries to really make the material fun and interesting. She targets to class to fulfill different aspects of history but also lets us the students dive into what really interests us in her course's line of history. You cannot go wrong with Prof R-E!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
tons of readings. Lots of homework. Really tough grader. Nice person

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class! You learn a ton and the lectures/discussion sections are interesting. There are small weekly reading responses and three relatively short papers. All of the readings are provided, you don't need to buy any textbooks. Professor R-E is great, I highly recommend!