Reviews of professor Jessica Roda

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She really cares about her students and always finds time to meet for OA. Participation is key. You need to at least skim the readings and come prepared to class. Other than that, not that much work. No final essay, just a podcast which isnt that hard to do. You will get an A/A- if she sees that you care about her course

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Roda is a very nice person and extremely knowledgable in her field. Not a great teacher, though. Doesn't follow the syllabus at all, and what is on the syllabus is poorly explained. For some reason, it took her over 2 months to give us any graded feedback. And for the time it took, the feedback is sparse and vague. Would not take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very understanding professor who understands the stress of school. Interesting material on music, culture, and international politics. Great variety of projects (podcast, op-ed, presentation, etc). Only critique is that there are usually multiple sets of guidelines for projects that can sometimes say slightly different things. Love her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Roda is incredibly sweet and really knowledgeable in her field! She loves to talk to students and will go out of her way to help them outside of class. There's a fair bit of reading but you don't have to do it that carefully, and she'll grant pretty much any extension you ask for.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Roda is extremely kind, caring, and passionate. Take the music prosem if you are interested in globalization and culture in general - we did less music-focused work than expected. Very limited feedback on assignments, but willing to give more feedback in office hours. Knowledgeable but can go on tangents that make class boring.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Roda is kind and passionate, and her class gives your a good overview of Jews and Muslim relations. Readings are interesting but very long (but you can get away with not reading). She is lenient with deadlines, but that also applies to her returning/grading work. Would definitely recommend this proseminar! Engage with her during office hours!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Roda's class is a great choice for the SFS proseminar. She chooses interesting (sometimes long) readings, and she does a great job helping students transition from high school into college. I took this proseminar during COVID, and she was so compassionate, accessible, and understanding throughout the semester. Fun class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Roda is the bomb... First I would like to say that she takes a huge amount of care for her students. She genuinely wants to see you succeed and to hear everyone's perspective. The concepts in the Prosem were often abstract and definitely new to me but she talks about them really candidly and articulately. DOpe assignments, dope lady.