Reviews of professor McKenzie Vorpahl

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There are several long readings and several full-length documentaries each week. The quizzes focus on the most insignificant details of the readings so good luck getting full points. Prof Vorpahl also grades you very heavily by quizzes which makes it almost impossible to get an A. She is also not very helpful in emails. AVOID!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
It was unfortunate that I had her as an asynchronous online class, I am certain I would have had a much better experience in person. Great professor, had us vote for how we wanted the course to be graded like (quizzes, test, homework). Subject matter was engaging and really fun to learn. Lectures were entertaining, seems like a very nice person!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lots of group project work with groups of like 10 which sucks but if you don't participate you won't get credit. Quizzes are pretty easy and most questions come from lectures or you can use quizlet. She records lectures but doesn't post the recording, only the slides which is weird but class is overall pretty easy if you show up fairly often.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of the best professors I've had at UB. She has a great attitude and is really good at delivering what she wants you to know. Has a good sense of humor and keeps it interesting with videos, stories, and making her lessons relatable to real life. I highly recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
10 People for a Group Project. You have no idea how hard it is to do a project with 10 people. This professor is just lazy and does not want to grade papers or exams. She leaves the students to do everything. We even have to set the criteria for group attendance and policies for her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Relates the topics and lectures to her own life which can be helpful but also we get it, you have a kid. Nice lady for sure but shes from the south and makes that known. There was a group project at the end that was very confusing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She acts like she's cool on the first day of class. Tells students that we vote for what we want as grading criteria. But she didnt care about the results, she still gave us a huge group project to do, which everyone hated and did not vote for that. She also records zoom class but does not post recording. I find this to be an invasion of privacy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was my favorite class I took this semester. Mckenzie is great, she's friendly and her lectures are mandatory, but I wanted to be there despite the attendance. She's very engaging and will hint at what will be on tests. Deff take this class with her if you can!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best prof at UB. Actually cares about her students and will invest time into you if you take school seriously. Amazing lecturer, makes things easy to understand. She will make you want to come to class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Take her class. Easy A. She cares for her students and answers emails quickly. Fun also. All that while actually learning something.