Roberta Rubenstein - American University, Washington, DC

Professor: Roberta Rubenstein

Department: Literature

College: American University, Washington, DC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: LIT343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

may well be the nicest person in the world

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Rubenstein is a great literature professor. She hardly gives lectures as the class is primarily discussion based. You need to participate if you want a good grade in the class. Very interesting readings. She also provided good feedback on papers and gave creative writing options in addition to analytical ones for writing assignments.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Roberta Rubenstein is the most open minded professors I've ever had. I signed up for this class as a Political Science major terrified of literature, and ended up loving it. She rarely gives lectures, and her longest of the year was 20 minutes. Class is based on discussion of themes found in the book. There is no set agenda. You must work to suceed

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LIT343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Rubenstein is certainly in the top 3 professors I have ever had. She is deeply intelligent, knowledgeable, and facilitates truly interesting discussion in class. Only take her if you are interested in working hard (class is very reading heavy) and learning a lot. If you like literature she will open up a whole new side of it for you.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: LIT105
• 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:

She is the sweetest woman you will ever meet! She gives great feedback on papers, although she is a tough grader. I took this course for minor requirement and got a lot out of it. It's a great fundamental writing class, and I would recommend RR to anyone! She's a little hard of hearing, but besides that i LOVED her.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HNRS300
• 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:

She is the greatest professor I have ever had. She was always there to help if you had problems. She gave us interesting paper assignments and allowed us to be creative. The discussions in class were amazing, she really lets the students take part in the learning process. She is the sweetest lady and really funny. I would definitely recommend her.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GNED230
• 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:

She's AMAZING. She gives great comments on papers, and it so nice and helpful if you visit during office hours. When people asked a question she didn't know the answer to during class, she would look it up for them and bring very detailed information to the next class. If you like lit and want to learn, PLEASE take her class!!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

i think she was pretty good. if u r interested in lit then u'll like her

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really nice woman but isn't the best teacher. Assignments become confusing when she tries to overclarify. Assignments are lame.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• 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:

This is a wonderful, but difficult, class. You really have to work hard, do the reading and be able to write well to get a decent grade with Rubenstein. She is an awesome professor though, and I highly recommend this class!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• 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 this professor. She was really helpful and tried really hard to make people enjoy the class and make the discussions helpful and interesting. The books were all very good and only a couple of the short stories were really unbearable. She was such a sweetheart she even had our class to her house for dinner. Definitely take her if you like lit

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: WOMENSLIT
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• 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:

Very hard for a gen ed and she's an awful professor. Grading was random, it was impossible to do well unless you were one of her favorites. Books and assignments contributed nothing to the class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: WOMENSLIT
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It was like being in Oprah's book club. I was told how great she was, so maybe I had high expectations. She was just ok.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: LITIMAG
• 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:

hard for a gen ed, especially if you are not a lit major. she is incredibly helpful and concerned about her students and hates people who come in late. class participation is huge

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: LITIMAG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Grades really hard, but the books were pretty interesting and she tries to keep her classes interesting. A BIG stickler for punctuality. If you're going to be late, you're better off not going at all and going to her office hours with an excuse later in the day...

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Yes she is challenging, but her classes are AMAZING! She is so great, always provokes good discussions, and helps you as much as she can. I never took her for a gen ed, but for electives, she is just amazing. My whole class cried at the end of semester :)

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: LIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

really difficult for a gen ed . . . really tough grader but she gives you food every so often which is nice.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: LIT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very hard for a gen ed. One must work to get a B+ in that class. Avoid it unless you are being vigorously poked with a sharp object.