Reviews of professor Francesca Gentile

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not a fan of ungrading, but she does give fairly detailed feedback about your work. Assignments were pretty easy if you're already a good writer, the self assessment forms took almost as long as the projects themselves. Variety in assignments, both essays and visual design projects, and one group project. Class isn't super interesting, but not bad.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class is based heavily on the readings. You have either a reading response or a quiz every class. They aren't that bad as long as you read. She is heavily into discussions and short responses based on the readings. The class is centered around the readings, so don't take this class if you are not prepared to do the work.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Gentile has one of the most boring teaching styles ever. She talks all class in a monotone voice making it impossible to pay attention. The work is repetitive so much so that you ask yourself how the directions are any different from the last. Then she follows a "ungrading" policy which means she only gives a grade at the end of semester

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall a very nice lady but if you don't read the books she assigns you won't pass the class even. Everything including papers, in class writings, discussions, midterm and final is based off the books and a few in class notes. Its hard to understand and follow through with the class. There is in class grade writing almost every class so don't skip

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
By far my favorite professor I have this semester. Super sweet, made lectures interesting, gave good feedback on drafts/proposals. Wish office hours were in person instead of zoom. Lots of readings but they were not too long. Definitely take a class with Dr. Gentile if you can. Only class I don't dread going to this semester lol.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Gentile talked the entire class and gave us 5 minutes to do the extremely detailed assignments she gave. On top of this, almost every unit required group work that was pointless and again wasted time. She had NO GRADING RUBRIC; this course was "self-graded" which really means that you don't know your grade until the end of the semester.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She was a tough grader, but very sweet.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Literally love her, absolute angel. Very good teacher in general-her lectures are engaging and effective. She was also very understanding when I needed extensions or help with assignments. Highly recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
i loved this class! Although she can be a tough grader, she gives amazing feedback. She is a very caring and understanding prof. be prepared for a heavy workload at the start of the course but it will lighten up as you move through the semester.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
takes a long time to grade, but a super sweet professor and very understanding. you can talk to her about anything.