Reviews of professor Kelly Nims

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is very understanding and clear. However, when it comes to grading she is very tough. She takes participation very seriously and if you dont participate like crazy, it will really hurt your grade. If you dont get an A on both midterm and final, you will have a hard time getting an A in the class. She is a great teacher but hard grader.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The Professor is cool but honestly it's just way too much work for an introductory class. 4 response papers, 2 final papers, and A LOT of reading. If you miss a reading you'll be behind for the next paper. Pop quizzes if she notices we aren't reading. Only allows 2 absences for the whole semester which isn't realistic. Not an easy credit class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Best teacher for folks who want great critical conversations and a deep engagement with form. Your writing will improve a thousand fold if you listen to her feedback. Communicate with her respectfully (aka before your deadline y'all!!) if anything is going on. She is amazing but be there to learn. You will get SO much out of it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Nims is great at teaching, her class is always interesting and very interactive.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's soooo good at going in depth with the books. She'll love you as long as you talk deeply about the analysis of what you read, same goes within the short essay responses you have to do. It's a pretty easy class and she's really easygoing as long as you do the work and show up for class interested.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In person she is a good teacher but for the online elements of the course, she is not a good communicator. If you have questions ask in person. She's very charismatic and I liked her as a person, but can't say that I learned much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There was a lot of work for this class every single week. You must do 1 blog post every week answering a prompt that's 200 words plus a 150 response. She also has response papers where you must analysis text she gives which is 500 words and also midterm project and also a final project. Over all its not a bad class and make sure you know MLA format

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took her in the summer. 5 DB posts (20%), 4 short papers (20%), midterm proj (30%), final paper (30%). Super interesting class, glad I decided to take this!! Be prepared to read and write a lot. Not a harsh grader, but be sure to know the readings well because she does deduct points for misunderstanding them

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nims is a great professor. Although this class is very reading heavy, shes nice and cool. Be prepared to read and write! Also shes very strict with MLA format, so make sure you know it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Extremely nice and a funny teacher. I loved going to her class because she made the class interesting. I didn't like a lot of the books she gave to us to read for class. I wouldn't take this class again because there is too many essays and her final exam was for us to write a 10 page essay.