Deborah Akers - Miami University, Oxford, OH

Professor: Deborah Akers

Department: Anthropology

College: Miami University, Oxford, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ATH185
• 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:

Dr. Akers makes class fun, and has great stories about her travels. She likes to listen to her students' opinions. She is a tough grader. There are two group presentations. She does offer a lot of extra credit.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ATH175H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Deborah is a great lecturer with wonderful stories. She makes class fun, and she listens to what her students think about the class. Exams are hard, but she'll drop the questions that everyone gets wrong. However, she doesn't give any feedback on papers, so you never know why you got the grade you did. Overall a great lecturer.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR175
• 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 came here specifically to leave a good review for this teacher, I had the best quarter of my life. This teacher clearly has lots of experience in the field and so she has AMAZING stories that make coming to class every day worth it. Almost makes me want to be an anthro major.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ATH175H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She has very good intentions and she is really enthusiastic about the subject. However, her lectures are disorganized and it is not always clear what information she wants the class to learn. Reading the book is pretty much mandatory because most of the information is not covered in class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ATH175H
• 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:

Dr. Akers is very passionate about teaching and wants to improve, which I greatly admire as a soon-to-be teacher. She implemented some of our recommendations right away. The exams are moderately difficult due to too specific of questions, she drops questions that many get wrong. Her anecdotes make the class interesting. 2nd Half is project heavy.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While Dr. Akers seems to really enjoy teaching, no one enjoys listening to her teach. Her lectures are extremely disorganized, making them hard to follow and dull. The two midterms were worth 80% of the grade and the questions on them were extremely unfair. The two projects took a lot of work for such a small percentage of the grade.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR200H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Anyone expecting an engaging class should not take Anthropology with her. The two exams are weighted far too heavily (70% of your grade). I had to write a 10-page research paper which counted for 10% of my grade while most of my classmates had to make 5-slide PowerPoint presentations which counted for the same percentage.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANTHH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The material for the first section is quite dry. Tests count for too many points (70% total), are extremely difficult even though all multiple choice, include info that she says isn't necessary. Fairly lengthy projects (two research projects that aren't worth enough). Very challenging and didn't enjoy her teaching or material. I don't recommend her

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR200
• 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:

While professor Akers seems to be a brilliant woman involved in some very significant research, I can see almost no reason she gets paid to teach. Her English skills are mediocre at best. Her slides and quizzes are unclear at best, and her personal attention is patronizing and often incorrect.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• 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's pretty good. Definietly passionate and wants everyone to do well, but the class is moderately hard only because of thetests but youll do well if you study

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ANTHH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is very passionate about anthropology; no doubt about that, but the class is weighted to unreasonable proportions. I wrote a 12-page paper worth 10% of my grade and the 50-question midterm was worth 35% of my grade. Questions on exams are VERY confusing. She's terrible at writing questions. She's nice, but expects you to know EVERY detail.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's really nice and passionate about the course, but her exams are weighted far too greatly. The debates are fun and the quizzes aren't bad, but the final is ridiculous. Be sure to study extra extra hard for it. Memorize EVERYTHING! It's ridiculous. It alone brought my final grade down a full letter grade. Good for a GEC Biological Science course

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ANTHR200H
• 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 a really good teacher. She makes the subject really interesting.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• 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's very nice and friendly, but the exams are weighted too heavily and the final is a nightmare. The class is very interesting and the final project is fun, but the exams are hard. Be careful with the last exam because it is very specific. There is no such thing as studying too much for it. I would recommend this class - I took it as a GEC course

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor seemed clueless. Exams are weighted too much and are difficult. Projects are fun and insightful but they count for next to nothing. She's a nice lady she just is kind of an unfair grader and her exams that are worth too much are very nitpicky. I'm sure AnthroH200 is a great class, but take it from someone else.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANTHH200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought she was extremely interesting to listen to and her experiences and stories made class bearable. The midterms were tougher than you'd think, but they were multiple choice. I would recommend her for someone taking anthro as a GEC course.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ANTHH200
• 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:

If you're into applied anthropology, take this class from her. Otherwise, you'll feel like it's a waste of your time. Rushes through the primatology/human evolution section that most profs spend the whole quarter on, meaning less time to process the information. Doesn't answer questions well either. Frustrating for an anthro major.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRH200
• 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:

Bad experience. She is VERY disorganized and seldom answers student questions. She knows a lot about applied anthropology, but other than that she seems a little clueless.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ANTH175
• 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 love her! She is so interesting and really knows what she is talking about. I enjoy going to her class, and it helped me decide to be an anthro major. The only downsides are that she is not an easy grader, and her tests are worded kind of strangely

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ATH175
• 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:

odd. always out of it. nice, very interesting class, but a little stingy on grades. takes off points on papers, presentations, and assignments without giving a reason. overall good class.