Reviews of professor Matthew Weidenfeld

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A delightful instructor. I wish I encountered him before my senior year. Exceedingly good at making complex concepts accessible. Not a harsh grader. Readings were dense but short and manageable. Loves to talk ideas after class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Weidenfeld is an awesome teacher to have. He is super passionate about the material and has engaging lectures. Really hated the content of POLI 271 so I didn't like the class, but Weidenfeld as a professor is awesome!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Whether you are a poli major or not you HAVE to take this class with Weidenfeld. I took this class as a freshman and it still is my favorite class I have ever taken at UNC. Weidenfeld is so funny and helpful with the simulation. You basically become the constitutional convention and is seriously is the most fun!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Weidenfeld uses some unconventional but highly entertaining methods in some of his courses, including a complicated role-playing historical simulation in this course. The latter half of the class was some of the most fun I've ever had in college, and his encouragement of engagement and questions in the lecture half was great. Would recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Weidenfeld is the best professor I've had at UNC. This class simulated the French and American Revolutions and everyone played a character. I was scared that it would be a lot of work, and it is (a lot of reading, political thought, and meetings outside of class) but it's fun and not unmanageable. Take it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Echoing other students here, the man makes the cumbersome world of Political Theory deeply enjoyable! He makes dated philosophizing relevant today, and helps guide ones imagination to the meat of the info, so we may critique it better. My only complaint is hes so good he seems like hes juggling numerous responsibilities at times. Still love him.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very nice and funny but extremely disorganized and difficult to reach outside of class. Respect him a lot as a person, but I do not recommend taking a class with him simply because of these issues.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Weidenfeld's class was engaging and entertaining and I really enjoyed the way he set up the simulation. The workload wasn't terrible - two papers, two speeches, four quizzes - but quizzes can be tough. Be prepared to participate in class and read a lot of political theory, but the class is really fun overall and I would take it again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kind professor although very inaccessible (rarely responds to emails). The class itself was chaotic since half of it is a simulation of the French Revolution. The readings were well-chosen, though, and the assignments were graded fairly. I learned a lot and liked interacting with other people in my recitation. Would recommend to majors/non-majors!