Reviews of professor David Hollenbach

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The material he taught was incredibly interesting and immersive, but his grading style is insane. There are random T/F reading quizzes on random, specific facts from 50-100 page readings-- i.e they aren't a good measure of if you read or not. Also, get ready for a "no essay is perfect" grading style. It's REALLY hard to get an A on a paper.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fr. Hollenbach is very knowledgeable & experienced in his subject (class was on religious & ethical responses to refugees/humanitarian crises) Fairly reading-heavy, but all were so interesting. Class (15 person seminar) was a mix of lecture & presentation/discussion of the readings, you'll come away enriched & thinking about something important!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His class was easier thanks to COVID (final paper rather than a test), but still the hardest I've taken at GT, but not in a fair/sensible way. Reading/pop quizzes are silly T/F questions. Everyone does bad because readings are crazy long, you'll second guess your answer because it's so reductionist. Paper grading is cruel, unreasonable. AVOID!!!!!!