Reviews of professor Danielle Hanley

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Way to much work for a 101 class. Only take this class if you have to. avoid the stress of writing two 6-8 page papers and a midterm+final. She is nice, but so boring. Also greg the TA is the worst TA I've ever had. He is so rude and unhelpful. Again only take this class if you must. Don't do it just for the core. Overall, my experience is meh.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Boring but Professor Hanley is so sweet, easy A as long as you get a good TA and show up for class for most of the time. She gives mini surprise quizzes (not graded for accuracy) and rewards students who show up to class, (basically bonus points). I did not due any of the readings bc she goes over them in class anyways.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
An absolute ridiculous amount of work for a 101 class; lecture itself is quite boring, there are random attendance quizzes, the take-home midterm and final essays (8+ pages!) were assigned only a few days or so before the in-class exams (mini-essays). Hanley is nice but the amount of work is absolutely insane; don't even get me started on the TAs!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I loved taking her class. Only recitations were mandatory. She gives all the answers needed in her lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Hanley is hands down one of the best professors in the poli sci department! The class is actually really interesting and she makes sure everyone succeeds. Good amount of readings, discussion posts every week, and only 3 short papers. Put in a little bit of effort, come to class, and you'll get an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's such a sweetheart and is really passionate about the topic which is good because NoP is a boring class. There're a lot of readings but the exams only use the quotes on the ppts so as long as you go to lecture you prob don't have to do the readings. She also rewards students who attend lecture w/ extra credit. TAs grade your exams though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I learned SO much in her class. She's really nice, and believes in reviewing & resubmitting papers so you can have a second chance. She wasn't a tough grader, and I really appreciated the class discussions. If you're giving a low rating because of Nature of Politics, I will say THAT class sucks regardless of the prof. Gender & pol theory was great!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I liked Hanley a lot. Nature of politics was a very boring class. Was it too much work like ppl are saying? No. Literally just YouTube/wiki the readings and read the important readings now and then. Ppts are online, which is useful for midterm and final. She emails a lot, which is useful for reminders and hw. If you prep, midterm and final are cake

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very nice teacher! lectures can be boring but that's probably because of the content itself. Reading summaries and paying attention in lecture should help any student succeed.