Reviews of professor Judy Sharkey

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Sharkey seemed very disorganized in her class structure. At one point we had 2-3 projects going on at a time. There was very rarely any good guidance given for assignments. She will assign you groups that you will work and sit with all semester, and teach a module with. I witnessed her be very rude and sassy towards some students. not great.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ridiculous amounts of reflection papers in this class, and there were not one or two pages. The examples she showed us from past students had a minimum of four pages; when I did mine, I could not get around that amount. All of my submissions were around 10 - 12. Lack of direction in class; it was on your own and those you befriended at your table.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Sharkey assigns so much work for no apparent reason, and a lot of it goes ungraded. She'll assign multiple projects at one time, causing so much confusion among the class. She isn't very good at answering questions, and a lot of times it's up to you and your group mates to figure stuff out. She also can be very passive aggressive.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Judy's teaching style caused aggravation every time I went to class. She never provides clear guidelines for assignments, then gives heavy criticism when they aren't done the way she would like. When presenting, she would try and take over, which defeated the point of learning how to educate (in an education course.) Most HW was unnecessary.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I wouldn't recommend any class by this professor...unless you like to be continuously infantilized + surrounded by micro aggressions every day. As a result of her pedagogical neglect + as one of the only BIPOC individuals in her class, I felt isolated.

Additionally, her personality + teaching style is better suited for elementary school students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Love Professor Sharkey!! I've taken 2 classes with her now and would still take another. Class time is pretty laid back, very discussion based. Lots of group work and projects but you get so much out of it. 10/10 recommend anyone to take a course of hers. She is so nice and understanding too, super easy to talk to.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
520 was extremely work heavy, but Prof. Sharkey was there to help and is extremely passionate and excited about her work. She is funny and not too hard on deadlines in typical cases. No attendance grade but she will check in because she cares.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Literally gives hours of homework and does not grade it. All work is unnecessary, and she sucks at answering questions. Expects more for learning logs than she says on the rubric.