Reviews of professor Jessica Shaw

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Shaw is an amazing professor that is incredibly knowledgeably about the field of Social Work. If you are deciding to take SOWK 201 and have the chance to take it with Dr. Shaw, definitely do so. For a spring course, the format was very forgiving. There are a lot of readings but the exams are open book and the rubric is very detailed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Most of the activities in class were fun. The home work and writing center visits literally made me a better writer. You can tell Jessica really cares about her students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jessica was one of the best SW profs Ive had. She goes above and beyond. If anyone can make a research course interesting its her. She even paid out of her own pocket for us to go to the Glenbow. Tough grader but the marks she gives are fair. You can tell she cares. Also, super random but her voice is really calming. Highly recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She started off friendly, but tuned into an unapproachable and difficult prof. She would give advice and example papers which I followed, which I followed and she gave me very poor marks. She graded the papers like we should be research graduates, which we are not! She turned me off of research! My lowest marks were from her class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's a good professor, knowledgeable about nutrition and will let you redo an assignment if needed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It is because of her that English became a class I looked forward to every M/W. This class is challenging, but she will make you into a better writer as long as you put in effort. Super direct and helpful, I can tell she really cares about us and wants us to succeed. Thanks Professor Shaw!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I had been putting off taking this course for a year because it didn't sound very interesting but Dr. Shaw did such a fabulous job explaining complex social injustice issues in such a trauma informed and respectful way. I feel so inspired and the assignments and exams were not very difficult. Lots of reading, but really loved this class and Jessica