Professor: Jeff Oaks
Department: English
College: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ENG1210
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
really funny and kind guy! v real with students and gives great feedback on poetry
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: POETRY2
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
a really fantastic professor and editor! very happy I had this class and this experience writing in form.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRT1092
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff was a fantastic professor. We had to write every day in our journals, but it was valuable and helped with the final project. Class had a lot of writing exercises that helped get the page count we needed for the end of the semester. Great class structure, and he genuinely cares about you as a student and a writer. Absolutely recommended.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRT0530
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Great class. Gives good feedback. Just show that you actually care and revise all your poems and you'll get a good grade.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRT1210
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Jeff is the greatest professor I've had at Pitt. My writing has grown so much from the classes I've taken with him. If you care and you work hard, he will support you and also challenge you to be the best writer you can be. He gives excellent feedback and his poetry class is very informative--you'll learn how to write all sorts of poems.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ENGCMP1510
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff meets you where you are in your writing and makes you a better writer. You will be surprised at what you create. He makes you love sentences. As long as you display an interest and willingness to work, he will help you more than you can imagine. He takes the fear out of writing.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ENGWR1510
- 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:
A nice guy and entertaining professor, but he's NOT helpful in terms of building one's writing skills. He beats around the bush, and is willing to bash your work but does not clarify why. I would visit him for help, but he was pretty incompetent. He's ruined my confidence as a writer, and I'm a writing major. Take him at your own risk.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: ENGWR1510
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff Oaks pushed me to excel. His commitment to the subject matter inspired me to raise the expectations I have of myself. I learned not only to be a better writer, but a more mature person in his class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: WRT1091
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Most writing classes are designed in a way that helps students become better at the things they are already good at. Jeff wants to introduce you to new things, to make you uncertain about the things you know?of form, genre, and medium. His class will be invaluable to you as you are in the process of making your creative writing meaningful.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ENG1091
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great professor! In-class exercises helped open up new, exciting directions in my writing. Cares about students--provides helpful feedback, useful suggestions, and is challenging.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: ENGL2114
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I love him with all my being, what can I say? He's NOt an easy teacher! Despite what the rating says. He's not a ****, but he forces you to better yourself. There's no such thing as an 'easy A' in his class. Trust that you've to earn it. As far as teaching goes, he's the best thing at Pitt. His heart is in everything he does.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: ENGWR1091
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
When I enrolled for Jeff's Autobiography and Creative Impulse class, I had no idea what to expect from it or him. But what I got was a professor that's-by my definition-fun to have as a teacher and to just talk to-and he managed to do this while challenging me as a writer.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRABIO
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff is really easy to talk to and always has great advice inside and outside of the classroom. He is genuinely interested in the work of his students and in helping them advance. If you are a writing major it is a crime to graduate without taking at least one class with him.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRABIO
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff shaped my experience at Pitt as a writer and an editor. In addition to his dedication and passion for teaching, his class is fun, light and 100% interesting 100% of the time. He is one of the most approachable professors I've had in four years. He is really easy to talk to and always has great advice inside and outside of the classroom. He is
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: ENGWR1091
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Probably the best teacher I've had in terms of helping my work flourish. Challenging, expectations are high, can be a tyrant. Yet he has a heart of a prince.
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: ENGWRPOET
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff is an honest and enthusiastic teacher. He expects a lot from his students, but he is so interesting that you hardly notice you're working. You almost want to prove to him how great of a student you can be. he is truly influential as a writer and as a teacher. I have tried to take one of his classes each semester.
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: WKSHP1021
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff is a fabulous teacher. This class changed my life and was huge stepping stone for my poetry. Use his office hours, he likes to help you and interact with his students.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: POETRY
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
if he doesn't like you, he won't help you, and he won't reward your hard with his advice or good grades. i worked so hard in that class, and he paid me no attention. huge ego and not nice.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: WRITERSJOURNAL
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Jeff is great. What you get out of the class is what you get in. Writer's Journals is the therapy you need if too many workshops have you strained and doubting yourself. Thank you Jeff for your patience and inspiration!
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: ENG1210
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great professor. The more work you do for him, the more he does for you. Highly recommend him.
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