Reviews of professor Joseph Lucas

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed Lukes's class on Modern American Liberalism. We talked a lot about politics and had lively in-class discussions. He gave a lot of time in class for us to work on our essays and give each other feedback on how to improve our writing. I wish the class was more structured because we had a lot of free time, kind of like a study hall.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Avoid his writing class. It doesn't seem like he has any grading criteria and exclusively gives out Bs. The class isn't hard and doesn't require a lot, but classes are pretty boring (even for people who enjoy history/politics) and there's not much curriculum. I think half of our classes were literally just Lucas asking for drafts to peer review.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Joe is about as chill as professors get. Always available outside and an overall great guy. I would definitely recommend that this class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Lucas was decent. He's clearly interested in the topics, but he didn't do a lot to spark interest or discussion among the students, which made the class pretty dull at times. Grading criteria is unclear and there's no rubric; I had to fight HARD for my A-. I'd 100% recommend him as a prof, but I wouldn't take WR153 again for the life of me.