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Katlin Gray PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/14/2025	Dr. Gray sets her expectations clearly and has a very adaptable teaching style to best suit the needs of her students. The class is incredibly collaborative, and we frequently did fun activities that broke the ice and made the course so much fun. The workload was not bad at all, and the final project seems daunting initially, but is broken up into manageable parts. Dr. Gray has changed her teaching style a lot since many of these reviews were written. Don't be scared!
Patricia Bory PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/05/2025	She's such a sweet professor; I recommend! She clearly cares about all of her students and is really understanding if there's a problem (sick, overwhelmed, etc.). That being said, class is boring at times, but honestly, every PLCY class I've taken has been. She keeps the class interactive but doesn't pressure people to talk if they don't want to. I would take her if you had the chance; should be an easy A as long as you actually do your work and put effort into it!
Patricia Bory PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 04/10/2025	Useless class. She clearly thinks this is the type of class that will change your life, but it's a waste of time. You don't really get anything out of it and it's a lot of busywork and she grades to harshly considering this class is no one's priority. She also is always insinuating her political views in class which annoys me because as a policy professor you should be impartial if you're preaching respect. I'm not a fan at all and find the class super frustrating to sit through.
Katlin Gray PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/10/2024	If you are not interested in social change or the nonprofit sector, find a different class to take to fulfill your GenEd!! There is a lot of reading and outside materials for this class, but it is very interesting if you are interested in the concepts of social change. Professor Gray is an amazing professor. Her class is extremely engaging, with lots of fun activities to help you understand the material. She challenges you to think outside of the box. All of her grading criteria and assignments are extremely clear and she is always open to help her students. If you need to take PLCY 380 for the nonprofit minor, she is the professor to take it with!
Katlin Gray PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/09/2024	As others have said, this class has mandatory attendance but can be extremely boring at times. You have to complete weekly summaries based on three or so readings/podcasts which sometimes feels like busy work. However, Prof Gray makes her expectations very clear so as long as you follow her instructions you'll get an A
Katlin Gray PLCY380 Anonymous 02/20/2024	The class is a lot of unnecessary work. A lot of the outside of class assignments can be reviewed in class. There is no need to read three different full length articles and watch 10 videos to do a simple discussion in class. I don't feel like I am being taught, I just feel like I need to keep up but I am not learning. Prof Gray expects us to absorb all the content but doesn't actually contribute anything meaningful in class. She mostly asks students their opinions and agrees or disagrees. The TAs do more work going around. And her assignments are very rigid. I understand having a system but so far nothing has been graded so I don't know what to expect for future assignments. Overall, I just don't learn in class which is where I should be learning. It's a waste of my time but is unfortunately required attendance.
James Stillwell PLCY380 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/12/2023	Super sweet professor! Is very outgoing and bubbly but fair warning does love to involve everyone. Very focused on a collaborative environment and truly does not want to lecture the whole time. PLCY380- essentially all completion, 3 major one-month deadlines for a semester-long project, weekly readings, summary slides, in-class participation is necessary to be successful
Katlin Gray PLCY380 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/15/2023	I've never had a class more meaningless while simultaneously having the most excessive workload I've ever seen. Not only can this class often feel like a complete waste of time but the amount of time wasted doing busy work is absurd. I truly have never regretted taking a class more. STAY AWAY.

Katlin Gray
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/14/2025

Dr. Gray sets her expectations clearly and has a very adaptable teaching style to best suit the needs of her students. The class is incredibly collaborative, and we frequently did fun activities that broke the ice and made the course so much fun. The workload was not bad at all, and the final project seems daunting initially, but is broken up into manageable parts. Dr. Gray has changed her teaching style a lot since many of these reviews were written. Don't be scared!

Patricia Bory
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/05/2025

She's such a sweet professor; I recommend! She clearly cares about all of her students and is really understanding if there's a problem (sick, overwhelmed, etc.). That being said, class is boring at times, but honestly, every PLCY class I've taken has been. She keeps the class interactive but doesn't pressure people to talk if they don't want to. I would take her if you had the chance; should be an easy A as long as you actually do your work and put effort into it!

Patricia Bory
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
04/10/2025

Useless class. She clearly thinks this is the type of class that will change your life, but it's a waste of time. You don't really get anything out of it and it's a lot of busywork and she grades to harshly considering this class is no one's priority. She also is always insinuating her political views in class which annoys me because as a policy professor you should be impartial if you're preaching respect. I'm not a fan at all and find the class super frustrating to sit through.

Katlin Gray
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/10/2024

If you are not interested in social change or the nonprofit sector, find a different class to take to fulfill your GenEd!! There is a lot of reading and outside materials for this class, but it is very interesting if you are interested in the concepts of social change. Professor Gray is an amazing professor. Her class is extremely engaging, with lots of fun activities to help you understand the material. She challenges you to think outside of the box. All of her grading criteria and assignments are extremely clear and she is always open to help her students. If you need to take PLCY 380 for the nonprofit minor, she is the professor to take it with!

Katlin Gray
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/09/2024

As others have said, this class has mandatory attendance but can be extremely boring at times. You have to complete weekly summaries based on three or so readings/podcasts which sometimes feels like busy work. However, Prof Gray makes her expectations very clear so as long as you follow her instructions you'll get an A

Katlin Gray
PLCY380

Anonymous
02/20/2024

The class is a lot of unnecessary work. A lot of the outside of class assignments can be reviewed in class. There is no need to read three different full length articles and watch 10 videos to do a simple discussion in class. I don't feel like I am being taught, I just feel like I need to keep up but I am not learning. Prof Gray expects us to absorb all the content but doesn't actually contribute anything meaningful in class. She mostly asks students their opinions and agrees or disagrees. The TAs do more work going around. And her assignments are very rigid. I understand having a system but so far nothing has been graded so I don't know what to expect for future assignments. Overall, I just don't learn in class which is where I should be learning. It's a waste of my time but is unfortunately required attendance.

James Stillwell
PLCY380

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/12/2023

Super sweet professor! Is very outgoing and bubbly but fair warning does love to involve everyone. Very focused on a collaborative environment and truly does not want to lecture the whole time. PLCY380- essentially all completion, 3 major one-month deadlines for a semester-long project, weekly readings, summary slides, in-class participation is necessary to be successful

Katlin Gray
PLCY380

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
03/15/2023

I've never had a class more meaningless while simultaneously having the most excessive workload I've ever seen. Not only can this class often feel like a complete waste of time but the amount of time wasted doing busy work is absurd. I truly have never regretted taking a class more. STAY AWAY.

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