Reviews of professor Ian Merkel

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super interesting class, one of my favorites! Wish he was a full-time Professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ian is an amazing professor, and I thoroughly enjoyed taking the class. I learned so much about Brazil, and he has inspired me to take more Latin American Studies courses. He is a very fair grader and included helpful and constructive criticism. My writing has definitely improved after taking the course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great FWS and great professor. He was always available to help us with our writing and he did a great job of explaining the lecture concepts.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Unique FWS subject. Lots of reading and writing-like any history class-but maybe more than other FWSs. Ian has high expectations, but a challenge is better in the long run than an easy grade. I am a more confident writer and researcher because of his class. There are few papers I have been very proud of-my term paper for this class is one of those.