Reviews of professor Beth Reingold

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took POLS 494RW, and Dr. Reingold thrives in a seminar-style course. I would recommend her to students needing a research credit but are not research-oriented. She covers research paper basics, gives great feedback, and is a generous grader. She also has a very forgiving late work policy, flexible office hours, and rewards improvement greatly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She knows the material really well, but lectures are SO boring. People are either on their phones or computers, and sometimes people would fall asleep. I think more people would have skipped, but she cold-calls just to make sure students attend. Only plus side is that projects and tests are easily graded. Would not take if it weren't a major req.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very nice woman who knows what she is talking about. However, lectures are extremely boring and redundant (we spent the first 4 weeks of class talking about "what is a hypothesis?"). Slides are a copy of the textbook (you don't need to buy it). I did not learn anything useful and most people spend every lecture on phone. Class is 0% engaging.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
lectures are boring, but she makes up for it by being an easy grader. she was very generous with points on the exam and has low expectations for the paper. my only issue is she randomly calls on students in class to participate