Reviews of professor Joan Hamory

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I love this professor SO MUCH! I have her for Intermediate Micro in Fall 2020, and she's a great teacher to take. I really like the way she lectures and explains her course content. She also offers a good amount of bonus points for exams. The exams are a bit difficult overall, but I've really enjoyed this course so far this semester.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her tests were wildly harder than what I felt was addressed in class, and she was definitely testing for the most specific memorization rather than comprehension. She didn't curve even though the AVERAGE was FAILING, and she basically blamed the students and said she was disappointed in us... didn't ask for any feedback, and stopped posting lecture

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
It's a nice class. You learn without having to stress. You read articles/well-known econ research papers and in class she lectures about the many aspects of development (with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa) which I found to be fascinating. People seemed to fear her exams but I didn't think they were hard to study for. Her lectures all go on canvas.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Hicks is a very caring and sweet lady, her teaching, on the other hand, is very textbook-like. You are graded by 3 tests and about 10 homework assignments. Her tests are very long and essay questions are very difficult. I don't recommend taking her if you want to really understand intermediate econ.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a reading-intensive course, with a research paper as the final project. There are reading quizzes and online discussion boards, but Professor Hamory is very lenient on grading these. She is also easy to contact and is very understanding of anyone's circumstances--especially with the impact of the pandemic on the current education methods.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Hamory was a really cool and chill professor. She is very lecture heavy, so it would be best to go to class and listen, but attendance isn't mandatory. The only grades for her class are the tests and homework, so you definitely want to study for her tests (she does give large curves though, 10 or so points). Good to have previous Calc.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took Hicks Fall 2018 and she was one of worst professors that I have ever had.. Her lecturers were full of mistakes that she would make when explaining a problem, and her test were extremely difficult. Shes a nice person, but frankly has no business teaching a course at a university. Avoid at all cost.