Reviews of professor Elise Ryan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Ryan is incredibly caring. I had a tough semester, but I always enjoyed going to her class and listening to class discussions. She made a great, comfortable environment for everyone while still holding high expectations. If I could take a class with her again, I would.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Elise Ryan is one of the best professors I have had during college.  She is well articulated and cares greatly about her students.  She provides in-depth responses on all writing assignments which help highlight your strengths and suggests improvements for future papers.  I have never submitted a review about a professor, but she deserves it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
We read childrens/picture books & YA novels (max250 pgs). we had a week to get & read each book. talked about diversity & inclusion which was a bonus. there were like 4 announced easy quizzes, 500 word weekly discussion posts, some longer writing assignments (<1k words), and a 10pg final paper she cut down cuz of corona and she rlyy does care!! <3

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Ryan is extremely sweet and caring. In my opinion, literature of the Americas (Englit 0573) was the most boring class I have ever taken. The assignments are extremely hard and she is a tough grader, but she is very helpful if you ask for help or come to office hours. Would definitely recommend the professor, but not the class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Secret Pittsburgh is the best course I've ever taken. It's a time commitment but the site visits (field trips) are worth it and Dr. Ryan really cares a lot about helping the class succeed. Final group project was fun and rewarding. Workload average (two projects, a couple small assignments, one paper, reading before class).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Ryan is by FAR the best Professor I have ever had while school. She cares so much about each and everyone of her students, and takes the time to learn everyones name. She is so passionate about what she teaches and it shines out in every class. If you have the opportunity to take one of her classes you MUST.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is awesome, sweet, and funny! She was such a refreshing professor that honestly was passionate about what she was teaching.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ryan cares so much about her students. There is a lot of reading in this class but all the books are so interesting. Her lectures are more discussion-based but you get a lot out of them and information from them shows up on quizzes and the midterm. This class is really enjoyable 10/10 would recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ryan really cares for her students A LOT, so the environment was always super friendly--she's absolutely lovely. This class in particular was a big time commitment, for us it was 1:00-4:50pm every Friday which was rough, but it was only once a week which was nice. The project we did was honestly kind of fun, but it just took a lot of time.