Reviews of professor Shawn Mendez

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mendez is an extremely smart person and the subject of her class rocks. Mendez grades very harshly, and gets upset at students for ridiculous things in class. Once I reached out for a question regarding the midterm, and she did not respond until an hour before the midterm was due. I will definitely not take a class with them again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think Dr. Mendez is a great professor. They take time to make sure you understand the content. Their lectures are interesting and add to the readings instead of just reviewing them. Her pass/fail grading can be a little frustrating but she makes it very clear how to get the grade you want and will help you if you're not on target for that.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Mendez is...a lot. She's intelligent, quick-witted, and very, very stubborn, to the point of making class a misery. Her grading is "pass/fail" in the sense that you either do perfectly and get full credit or you fail. She doesn't take feedback, and gets defensive when questioned. 1 good thing: if you have an emergency, she'll work w/ you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
So nice and so funny!!! Taking her again next semester.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Mendez is so cool. It's clear that she knows what she's doing and cares about her students. Never talks down or makes you feel bad for not knowing something and she uses a very clear and flexible grading rubric

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love Prof M. Her class was very interesting & she is very educated in her field. They clearly lay out their grading criteria & explain exactly what you have to do to pass each assignment and earn an A/B/C/D in the class. Interesting class discussions, beneficial assignments, insightful readings. I would definitely recommend taking a class w them.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof M is really chill and funny. She is a good teacher in the fact that I learned a lot from her class, but the way she graded was very stressful. She used an all or nothing grading system, and there was A LOT of work. One good thing about this was that you knew exactly what you needed to do to get the grade that you wanted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pretty mean professor. Dr. Mendez has a superiority complex and doesn't care about the well-being of her students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Queer Sociology was one of my favorite classes I have taken in undergrad. A lot of students are used to grade inflation and were upset with the grading structure of this course (which was admittedly difficult) but Mendez is clear about expectations and will answer any questions she is asked. I felt appropriately challenged and learned so much!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mendez is a fantastic person, but the structure of this class plus the workload is not appropriate for a 100 level course. The credit/no credit grading system works great but when one assignment not getting credit can potentially turn your grade from an A+ to a possible C or lower, even if you've gotten credit for everything else.. no thanks.