Chantal Maille - Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Chantal Maille

Department: Women's Studies

College: Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

AVOID. I was so excited to take a feminism class, she absolutely ruined it for me. Kept calling cisgender women 'born women' and brushed me off when I brought it up. Class discussion felt forced and inorganic, readings were excessive and unnecessary. Mandatory participation is a major drawback since she absolutely doesn't care what you have to say.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Ask a question and she'll spend five minutes giving you a non-answer. Definitely got a second-waver feminism vibe from her.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: WASB390
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

average teacher. would not take again, fair grader.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

chantal is very clear about exactly what she wants and is willing to answer any questions. it's easy to get ahold of her and her TA. her lectures are pretty much a summarysynthesis of the readings, so it's easy to get away with not doing a deep reading ahead of time. there is no textbook, she makes the readings available for free.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

So disappointing. I honestly feel like any of the girls in our class could do a better job of TEACHING this course than her. Regurgitates the readings during class without interpreting them or trying to engage the students in discussions. When she does ask us questions, she barely understands our responses most of the time. Avoid her!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Seems to have little respect for her students. She does not seem to enjoy teaching at all. Avoid.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

TERRIBLE! I was overjoyed to get a B since I could barely stay awake the whole semester. Class consisted of 28-slide power points since the professor liked hearing herself talk. No class discussion. No encouragement. Strict with attendance and lateness. Not at all helpful for the final paper. Keri, the class writing tutor, is awful too. Just AVOID!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: WSDB390
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great prof. Brillant thinker. Very dry sense of humour. Great readings. This class turned out to be a lot more interesting and fun than I originally anticipated.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The class has no use at all... powerpoints useless, when you ask questions she skips over them not answering them. She doesn't know how to use a computer. she couldn't figure out how to log on to the computer one class so we didn't do anything. every class she repeats herself on what she said in the first class of the semester. Overall very boring!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

extremly uptight, video boring,powerpoints useless, frustrated when u ask something, one small assaigment, exam question given one week previously, and a final paper.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is intelligent and kind. However, the constant powerpoints of the readings got dull. When she didn't rely on them to lecture it was great. She will show you a lot of perspectives and the class is overall incredibly interesting.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: WSDB392
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class was great. The readings were interesting, she encouraged class discussion. She did not seem closed to activism, and encouraged people to speak their minds on a variety of issues from many perspectives. She is a bit old school, but knows a lot and was pretty engaged in the subject material as this is a class she developed.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Readings were decent, but the prof was terrible. Disdainful of student activism, completely closed to student input, gets really defensive and unpleasant if you raise critiques, especially closed to post-structuralist and deconstructionist approaches. She shows upsetting material depicting graphic violence against women in her classes without warni

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

if it wasn't for the fact that she took attendance i might not have made it - considering it should be an intro class in a subject i normally love. her lectures are the readings and as for grades, she gives you what you probably deserve minus one letter point. when discussion happens, she doesn't lead and it quickly becomes repetitive.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: WSDB204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

boring, uninspiring, uptight and snappy

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: WSDB291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

All she did in the lectures was summarize the week's readings. If you did the readings, the lectures are extremely boring and useless. Chantal does not encourage class discussions or participation. We also watched quite a few movies. She's a nice person but a lazy professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: WSD291
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

nice teacher, very professional. Does require lots of reading and class attendance is mandatory. Fair marker.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: WSDB290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Concordia needs more profesors like Dr. Maille.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: WSDB390
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Just never mention the 2nd wave, she gets mad if you critisize it and takes it very personally. Also, it's impossible to get an A+ in her class - which is BS. If you desserve the grade - then you should get it. She rants sometimes, and she sometimes does not take critiques. . . .

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: WSDB
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I agree that she is gentle and kind, and she is also professional. The work isn't too hard and the lectures & class discussion cover the readings in case you didn't do them. Lots of videos and discussion which is a nice break from taking notes on your knees since the sh*tty SdBI only has couches, not desks.