Reviews of professor Joanna Hubbard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr Hubbard is all in all an awesome professor. Her lectures aren't just an endless stream of information, she makes you think critically about topics. She will make you work for your grade, but she wants to see you succeed and is very open to questions in and out of class. She is also super sweet and makes her lectures fun!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hubbard is very nice, but her course subjects you to excessive high-school style busywork that does not help you in learning the material. Additionally, every single lecture she will have you "turn and talk to your neighbors", which I do not find useful in learning the material either. Lab assignments and exams are somewhat harshly graded.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hubbard is a standard teacher, but one who teaches a lot of interesting things that inspires you to want to learn more. Just do the readings before class, put in a lot of time when writing papers/projects, and be sure to ask frequently for help. Her class is easy enough if you do all that.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Hubbard is a very kind professor who actually wants you to pass the class. Her grading system is very lenient and allows you to at least get a B if you try and submit assignments on time. Plus, the end of week review assignments were fun. Tests aren't too hard, but some questions come from the smallest detail in her lecture slides.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is the best.  So nice and caring.  Definitely a wonderful person to have in my first year.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hubbard assigns a lot of busy-work that does not help with learning the material at all. The busy-work, labs, and exams are very wordy with many mistakes. Her mistakes and bad questions will cost you about 5-10 percentage points per exam. Lastly, she lacks the foundational knowledge needed to teach biology. She often became confused during lectures

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hubbard is honestly one of my favorite professors at Truman State. Her lectures are engaging and interesting to listen to, and her expectations are high but not unmanageable. She is a fair grader and always lets you know what she expects from you on each assignment/test. Overall I would 100% recommend her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr.Hubbard goes really in-depth with her presentations and posts all the lectures online after class, so going in-person means you get a more in-depth look at the material, but if you miss a class it's not too bad. She is very clear on what she expects from lab assignments, I know some people found her hard to get along with, but I was okay

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hubbard is a really nice lady and is so kind-hearted. I did not care for her grading system because it didn't encourage me to actively study until the test. She also writes very hard tests; I think to balance out how everything else is participation. Overall, would recommend but I think her upper level courses are better.