Professor
Danielle Carr
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Winter 2024 - I noticed that this professor had no reviews, so I will be the saving grace and explain my experience in this course. This was the professor's first time teaching 108, so it was off to a rocky start. We spent the first four weeks learning about different philosophers, Marxism, and the dialectic thinking approach (the professor wanted us to incorporate this into our final projects) and the whole class was wondering how this related to the research project we were supposed to present by the end of the quarter. These lectures were extremely hard to follow and grasp as there were no lecture slides and it felt like we were just listening to the professor's unorganized stream of consciousness. We also had two reading responses due and these were graded harshly. I was tempted to drop this class because of how difficult it was in the beginning, but I stuck it out and I'm glad I did. We ended up telling her that the current class structure with the incorporation of readings and lectures wasn't helpful and that we all preferred to work on our group projects while in class. She was very willing to listen and shifted the class focus to our group projects. With all of this said, this class is an honors course and Dr. Carr does not tolerate lazy work. If you're struggling, she is very willing to help each and every student during office hours, it also demonstrates to her that you care! In hindsight, this was her very first time teaching this course, so it was all new to everyone.
Winter 2024 - I noticed that this professor had no reviews, so I will be the saving grace and explain my experience in this course. This was the professor's first time teaching 108, so it was off to a rocky start. We spent the first four weeks learning about different philosophers, Marxism, and the dialectic thinking approach (the professor wanted us to incorporate this into our final projects) and the whole class was wondering how this related to the research project we were supposed to present by the end of the quarter. These lectures were extremely hard to follow and grasp as there were no lecture slides and it felt like we were just listening to the professor's unorganized stream of consciousness. We also had two reading responses due and these were graded harshly. I was tempted to drop this class because of how difficult it was in the beginning, but I stuck it out and I'm glad I did. We ended up telling her that the current class structure with the incorporation of readings and lectures wasn't helpful and that we all preferred to work on our group projects while in class. She was very willing to listen and shifted the class focus to our group projects. With all of this said, this class is an honors course and Dr. Carr does not tolerate lazy work. If you're struggling, she is very willing to help each and every student during office hours, it also demonstrates to her that you care! In hindsight, this was her very first time teaching this course, so it was all new to everyone.
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2025 - OKAY so I absolutely loved this professor and her lecturing style...until it came to the final project and week 8-10. SUPER UNCLEAR at giving instructions and what she wants from you. She changes up like every 5 seconds. Midterm was super easy, exactly like study guide so if you review you are fine. Final project was awesome, learned so much, but definitely a more "on your own" type project. I had a great group and we were all proactive, so it came together well, but other groups had a tougher time. She also didn't bother to learn ANYONE's names, so she actually mixed them up and gave us the WRONG GRADES, which she literally admitted to, and it wouldn't have gotten corrected if we hadn't emailed her inquiring. Keep in mind like only 20 people were in this class. Overall GREAT LECTURER, but super unorganized. Her grading is nice but you have to put in the work and pay attention class. Didn't really need to do readings just know what she will be talking about and CONTRIBUTE. She LOVES people that talk. Make sure she knows your name and face and ur good to go. Idk I loved her and was frustrated at the same time. But if you are interested in learning and widening your perspective, she's awesome.
Fall 2025 - OKAY so I absolutely loved this professor and her lecturing style...until it came to the final project and week 8-10. SUPER UNCLEAR at giving instructions and what she wants from you. She changes up like every 5 seconds. Midterm was super easy, exactly like study guide so if you review you are fine. Final project was awesome, learned so much, but definitely a more "on your own" type project. I had a great group and we were all proactive, so it came together well, but other groups had a tougher time. She also didn't bother to learn ANYONE's names, so she actually mixed them up and gave us the WRONG GRADES, which she literally admitted to, and it wouldn't have gotten corrected if we hadn't emailed her inquiring. Keep in mind like only 20 people were in this class. Overall GREAT LECTURER, but super unorganized. Her grading is nice but you have to put in the work and pay attention class. Didn't really need to do readings just know what she will be talking about and CONTRIBUTE. She LOVES people that talk. Make sure she knows your name and face and ur good to go. Idk I loved her and was frustrated at the same time. But if you are interested in learning and widening your perspective, she's awesome.
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