Reviews of professor Katharine Skinner-Luker

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Group work and group projects blow; such is life. She does give feedback if you put forth the effort and routinely contribute to lecture by conversing with her. She does not give you a lot of direction because she wants you create on your own instead of just replicating what she says, but she gives more than enough material to pull ideas from.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Worst class of my senior year. You are stuck in a group of people for the entire semester that all come from different majors but are expected to do PR work. Her feedback is very condescending and not helpful in the slightest. Very tough grader for a class that is supposed to be fun to learn. Not empathetic towards her students at all.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Learned nothing from this class. So confusing and stressful trying to do assignments w 0 instructions. You need to come in this class knowing a ton about PR to succeed despite no prereqs. Hours long lectures, very vague, stuck w a group of random ppl all semester who are confused/don't care. She grades extremely tough, feedback doesn't help.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You'd think since she's young and she's experienced she'd understand if you had a personal life and can't put forth all the effort into a class assignment, but she doesn't and it results as a 0 -- even if something as little as a minute overdue. She gives out grades she thinks each person deserves but does not give you any guide for help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love being in Skinner-Luker's class. She gives solid feedback on everything and is so kind. We have fun in class and she doesn't require a textbook. We did a small project each week. I learned a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is really ridiculous. Should not be mandatory and every lecture should have been sent in an email. If this class is mandatory make sure you get ready to work with a group with people who are not on the same intellectual level. This course could be used for so much more than sitting for three hours every week. She does not contribute

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class requires effort. I took it as an elective & feel like I learned a lot & actually got real experience. Group work is crucial to your grade, so if she still allows you to pick your own partners, don't screw yourself over and choose people you know you can work with. If you're willing to put in the effort, she's willing to work with you.