Reviews of professor Steven Lechner

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took Dr. Lechner for HI 254. He is very understanding and is willing to help you do your best in the class. His class had clear grading scales for the assignments. The online lectures and assignments were very helpful for the course. You can tell he wants the best for his students. I totally recommend his class and he is a great professor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lechner's HI254 was a really interesting class. He doesn't assign a lot of work but has high standards for it. The HTA's can be super tricky but he's always willing to help if you go to office hours. His lectures are great and help tie in the readings. It was not an easy credit but it never felt unfair or unreasonable.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Despite getting an A, the class was not enjoyable, and the assignments were unreasonably difficult. He has a huge ego seen in speaking directly: he belittled my skills saying my paper deserved a lower score, and in email he constantly spoke down to the class as if an elder shaking his head at a new generation. DO NOT RECCOMMEND

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's awesome. A few papers and he's a tough grader, but go to him for guidance before anything's due and he's REALLY helpful. Gives the exam IDs/essay prompts beforehand. Reading questions due every class but he's flexible w how you answer them - just looks at them, you don't turn them in. Forces you to do the reading. Really funny and sarcastic

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor! Very knowledgeable, and easy to have 1on1 conversations with. You will have to read the textbooks to be able to participate in Friday sessions, which are graded. You will have to also do quite a bit of writing, but if you can do the assignments consistently, you'll be fine. Very friendly and I would urge anyone to take his classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Lechner is awesome. He is a great professor and you can tell he really cares about the material. He offers a lot of room to grow in his class. He makes a subject which can be very dull (history) and makes it fun. He is a harsh grader and expects a lot of people, but I learned a lot from his class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would definitely take this class again, even though at times memorizing stuff is tough there are no cut-and-dry tests. He uses papers and projects to supplement though the grading is a bit tougher. I respect him as a professor and appreciate the clear passion he has for the subject he teaches.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really liked Dr. Lechner. He was funny and always tried to engage the class. He is passionate about what he teaches and I actually enjoyed history because of him. You're graded on papers, reading assignments, and a final project- he's a tough grader on papers, but he will make you a better writer and critical thinker. If you try, you'll do fine.