Reviews of professor Gwyn Mellinger

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Nice teacher, and a pretty easy class, but her lectures can be pretty dry. She speaks kind of monotone and much too quiet for the space we were in. She gets the information across well enough and obviously wants everyone to do well, but it can be hard to stay engaged. Solid choice, but wouldn't go out of my way to take again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
SMAD 150 lectures are really boring, but for lab take her. She is very clear about what she expects from you and goes over exactly what you need in order to do well so I got a good grade. I heard the other SMAD 150 lab teachers grade VERY hard, so if you literally just go once a week you'll be fine. She cares a lot and is a really nice person.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mellinger is very knowledgeable in media and journalism and has great stories. She is a rather quiet professor and its hard to hear her sometimes so I recommend moving in the front. Professor Alessi taught the majority of the class. Exams are very difficult in this class so STUDY EARLY! Do you ch readings and video lessons and youll be fine

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Mellinger knows her material (she's director of SMAD) and wants to make sure her students do well. Her lectures can be a tad boring but she explains things well and is willing to help if you ask (can be picky about citations). She goes over material on exams beforehand so you know what to expect. Overall, good professor for a pretty easy gen-ed

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mellinger is such as sweet person, she cares a lot about her students and really understands the content she's teaching. 204 is a new class so i understand there being some bumps in the road but a lot of the projects we did, the purpose of them wasn't super clear. Her lectures are boring but she is a good option for 204

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class really frustrated me. The tests are 90% of your grade with weekly quizzes worth 10%. The tests are hard and solely based off of memorisation, if you don't know every fact in the book, you get a C at best. She is a nice lady but is so dry and reads prewritten lectures for MANDATORY class. I get its a weed out but it's unnecessarily hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Mellinger's lectures consist solely of her reading printed material like an adjunct grad student. Exams are based on reading chapters, watching videos and PowerPoints associated with those chapters. Memorize everything from these, pass the class easily, if only she provided adequate time as stated, to take the exams. Grades subjectively.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mellinger's lectures are very cut and dry. She reads her pre-written lecture in a monotone voice and that's about it. Not a bad professor at all but not the most passionate about her profession. You really need to read the book and watch the videos to do well on the exams.