Reviews of professor Eric Waithaka

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Horrible. His accent makes it difficult to understand and it reflects on his tests and rubrics. He never responds to emails, and honestly I havent learned anything this semester. He very inconsistent and his lectures are extremely hard to sit through. A lot of unnecessary group work so be ready. Worst professor Ive had in my 10 years of college.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Waithaka is serious about research, he will expect you to work for your grade. He knows his stuff, but he is demanding, nitpicky, and is not flexible. If you want as easy A, you will be disappointed. But as a person he is very nice and funny.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor is very knowledgeable in social welfare, policies, and overall history in many topics. He is also very picky in his expectations of a paper with little direction or direction is given too late. He grades very harshly and offers little to no response to his reasoning. Also, communication via email and grades are delayed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is no easy aspect of this class, and that's coming from someone who has taken research and writing heavy courses before. His grading criteria is clear, but he doesn't grade based on his criteria. He gives a lot of feedback, but then will decide he doesn't like his idea in the final version and take points away for things he suggested.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Waithaka is the worst professor I have ever had. He demands respect when he does not give his students respect in return. He is incredibly rude and condescending. He is unresponsive to emails and didn't even bother showing up for the last class of the semester. I feel truly sorry for you if you are required to take his class like I was.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Changes assignment requirements/rubrics 24 hours before the due date, then hands you a poor grade on the assignment anyway. The toughest grader I have had at GMU by far, and his lectures truly feel like they last 12 hours. I would rather drive to campus for an additional day of classes than take him again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Boring lectures, only 4 assignments and 3 were group projects, does not answer emails in a timely manner (if ever), rubrics are inconsistent with his directions, he gets sassy/talks down if you are confused and ask for clarification, harsh grader with unconstructive and rude comments as "feedback" and has excuses for not meeting grading deadlines.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cancels class without make-ups and little notice. Changes assignment guidelines within and between classes. Give rubrics after assignments are assigned and completed. Is very critical and cannot be depended on for anything he says he will do.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
- He is genuinely a nice guy. - His accent takes a little time to understand. - He is very particular with what he wants in a paper. (High expectations) - His grading is tough - Participation doesn't matter too much. - The main assignments were a group presentation, literature review, and research proposal.