Dianne Chisholm - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Professor: Dianne Chisholm

Department: English

College: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL695
• 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:

She's as inquisitive of students' interests and insights as she is of the writers she assigned us to read. Demands participation and responds unsurprisingly to those who make an effort with greater attention. Encourages exploration and experiment.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL125
• 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:

I enjoyed this class! English is not my best subject but I surprisingly did okay. Readings are a little strange, but there are only 2 papers for the whole semester. Fairly easy class, attendance not mandatory.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL302
• 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:

Very challenging class, but also very rewarding for those who are willing to put in the effort. Excellent feedback on papers, open to all suggestions, and very respectful to students. Never a boring moment.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG355
• 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: N/A

Comment:

She picks favorites. This class has made me decide to avoid English for the rest of my degree. It was truly a terrible experience.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL302
• 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:

Not a fan of her class. Lectures hovered around readings without hitting any solid points, and readings were so vague that they basically necessitated further explanation. She is definitely brilliant, and has a good sense of humour, but her lectures are as unclear as the readings themselves. Then again, it was a class on Deleuzian literary theory..

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG125
• 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:

The best English teacher I have ever had. She keeps the class interesting and her student attendance is very high. Her assignments are fun (easy marks). Very willing to help with your essay and gives great feedback. Overall, she is an outstanding teacher.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WRITE298
• 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 am so glad I got a class with her, she is not lazy and takes an active approach in reaching out to students and getting students to work. Don't think you can coast in her class, be prepared to work. The knowledge you get from her is worth the effort. She's a treasure to the U of A.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: WRITE298
• 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:

Dianne is a great prof! She cares about her students and tries hard to reach them. I had a really good time in class, she's really friendly, approachable, and extremely intelligent.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL125
• 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:

Very friendly. Fair grading fr first years. Understanding in terms of letting you hand in assignments later the same date they are due IF you have a good excuse

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL364
• 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:

She is definitely brilliant... but I absolutely hated the course and I know I wasn't the only person who was turned off English forever by it. My previous EAS and Phil courses were better pre-reqs than any English I had done, and I was not interested in the one philosophy we used to look at all the books. Sort of hit or miss that way.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG216
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG392
• 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:

At first I thought I should drop the class because there was quite a bit of modernism/modernity involved - not my thing at all. Glad I didn't. Dr. C challenged me to think differently about things, to look beyond the obvious. And in the end, my writing and thinking changed for the better. She is an awesome prof. Participation also helps your mark.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• 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:

Dr. Chisholm is an excellent prof. She engaged well with the class and was flexible in discussions. She is extemely insightful and articulate.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I know she definitly picked favourites, but I was one of her favourites, so it worked out good. She enjoys people who engage in her class, and if you do that from the start, you'll be on her fav list. Assignments were easy, and very interesting. There was much reading, but she's understandable if you're behind. :)

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Picks favourites. I went to her office for help. But, unless she loves you, forget it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG363
• 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:

I didn't like the fact that Joyce's "Ulysses" was one of six novels in the required reading so I dropped the class. If you're willing to devote your life, at least for 4 months, to Modernism and the issues surrounding it, be my guest and take her class.Hopefully she'll pay your chiropractic bill from schlepping all those bohemian bohemoths around

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH535
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Though her intellect is inspiring, I do agree that Dr. Chisholm's tendency towards aggrandizing theory (although theory is, in itself, a self-aggrandizing thing) and innumerable secondary references take away from its applicability in other courses. Her exams are similarly excessive and best completed under the influence of some performance-enhanc

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MODERNISM
• 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:

Verbose and remote.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• 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:

Very intellectual . . . makes things sound more difficult than they actually are, frightens you enough to read and re-read the texts. and yes, definetly picks favorites!

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Smart but pretty obviously picks favorites. It's hard to respect that.