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Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia SPAN363 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/05/2025	I need a bingo card for the insanity of this class. I can count on one hand the number of times he has NOT brought up the movie Se7en in class, typically done in the fashion of comparing something that he likes to Morgan Freeman, but one time directly insulting us by comparing the class to Brad Pitt's character as we struggled to answer a question (speed run was a Se7en mention in under 7 minutes of him entering the room). He is also incredibly rude and pretentious. If you ever have to take his class, prepared to be Wrong because you simply Do Not Understand. And then he will go off on a tangent about literally whatever your supposed Wrongness reminds him of. Sometimes you will tune out of a conversation about early 1900s political philosophy for 5 seconds and come back and he's calling you all rubric junkies while scratching his arms for the 50th times for asking what a text is about. Additionally, while not believing in rubrics, he gives piss poor assignment descriptions and is a harsh grader so by the end you kind of just give up and just accept that you will never submit anything good. He also shows up to class late every single class and I think it is because he does not leave his office until class is supposed to start, but if you don't show up you are screwed.
Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia SPAN363 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2024	As everyone has said, he's very enthusiastic, but I believe his teaching style needs to improve so that his students can get the most out of the class. Essays and attendance dictate your grade in the course, but there are barely any discussions. It was pretty much just lectures on at times random Latin American content in which he would try to force his students to say sexual or outlandish things. Don't even get me started (sigh). While he is certainly very informed and willing to help if needed, he comes off as someone who is eccentric to the extent that he is annoying. I wish he would think a bit more about how his students feel in his class and not just rant or lecture the whole time. I am here to learn Spanish and discuss interesting cultural content, not hear your voice and your thoughts twice a week. There are essentially no discussions in his class so it is hard to get to know anyone or to get as much as you can out of the content. Regardless, I did learn a lot about different types of literature, but the organization and structure could've been so much better.
Saul Sosnowski SPAN363 Expecting a C Anonymous 12/05/2023	Ok, as much as he's humorous and easy-going, he needs to be using canvas. I get that he's old school and just lectures without slides, but it's just a lot of information, and if you miss something he said, good luck on your exams lol. There's a presentation, a midterm, a paper, and the final exam. Those are the only grades. I'm probably not gonna get a good grade for this class but it's whatever.
Ryan Long SPAN363 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/18/2022	Long is so caring, knowledgeable, and lenient with grading. All the good qualities make him one of the best professors in the Spanish department.
Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia SPAN363 Expecting a P Anonymous 06/26/2021	Prof. Quintero-Herencia is incredibly enthusiastic about the content of this course, and makes some pretty profound connections to very broad themes. Unfortunately this will often lead to him going off on huge tangents that can seem rather irrelevant to the course content. He is indeed a very lenient grader, and I definitely got a much higher grade in the class than what I deserved for the work that I put in. The class is not organized all too well, however. It takes him a long time to get grades up on ELMS, and a whole 50% of the final course grade comes from assignments that you turn in after the last day of class, leading to a lot of uncertainty in your grade until it's all said and done.
Saul Sosnowski SPAN363 Anonymous 12/01/2019	I love this class (I don't even really like Spanish lit, but Saul makes it so tolerable). Saul is a wonderful and engaging lecturer who adds a lot more context to the readings. He's very intelligent and knows everything there is to know about every story we read and all the historical context behind it. He interacts really well with students, making the class fun. I wish grades were uploaded to the grade book - while I think I'll do well in the class, I would like to have a little more certainty. A paper rubric for the final paper and the group project would be appreciated, despite the clarity of instructions during class. There are 4 grades, I think? 1 midterm, 1 final, 1 final paper (5-10 pages), and 1 group project.
Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia SPAN363 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2018	JCQH is an easy grader, but he doesn't go far in depth enough into materials nor did he really 'push' any of his students.
Ana Rodriguez SPAN363 Anonymous 12/10/2008	She's a very nice person and really passionate about her research areas, but totally out of touch with reality. The amount of work she expects for a 300-level class is absolutely ridiculous. She rarely gives back grades, and when she does it's 2 months after you've turned in the paper. (Literally.) There's a reason all the other 400-level classes for next semester are full or nearly full and hers is half-empty.

Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia
SPAN363

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
05/05/2025

I need a bingo card for the insanity of this class. I can count on one hand the number of times he has NOT brought up the movie Se7en in class, typically done in the fashion of comparing something that he likes to Morgan Freeman, but one time directly insulting us by comparing the class to Brad Pitt's character as we struggled to answer a question (speed run was a Se7en mention in under 7 minutes of him entering the room). He is also incredibly rude and pretentious. If you ever have to take his class, prepared to be Wrong because you simply Do Not Understand. And then he will go off on a tangent about literally whatever your supposed Wrongness reminds him of. Sometimes you will tune out of a conversation about early 1900s political philosophy for 5 seconds and come back and he's calling you all rubric junkies while scratching his arms for the 50th times for asking what a text is about. Additionally, while not believing in rubrics, he gives piss poor assignment descriptions and is a harsh grader so by the end you kind of just give up and just accept that you will never submit anything good. He also shows up to class late every single class and I think it is because he does not leave his office until class is supposed to start, but if you don't show up you are screwed.

Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia
SPAN363

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/19/2024

As everyone has said, he's very enthusiastic, but I believe his teaching style needs to improve so that his students can get the most out of the class. Essays and attendance dictate your grade in the course, but there are barely any discussions. It was pretty much just lectures on at times random Latin American content in which he would try to force his students to say sexual or outlandish things. Don't even get me started (sigh). While he is certainly very informed and willing to help if needed, he comes off as someone who is eccentric to the extent that he is annoying. I wish he would think a bit more about how his students feel in his class and not just rant or lecture the whole time. I am here to learn Spanish and discuss interesting cultural content, not hear your voice and your thoughts twice a week. There are essentially no discussions in his class so it is hard to get to know anyone or to get as much as you can out of the content. Regardless, I did learn a lot about different types of literature, but the organization and structure could've been so much better.

Saul Sosnowski
SPAN363

Expecting a C
Anonymous
12/05/2023

Ok, as much as he's humorous and easy-going, he needs to be using canvas. I get that he's old school and just lectures without slides, but it's just a lot of information, and if you miss something he said, good luck on your exams lol. There's a presentation, a midterm, a paper, and the final exam. Those are the only grades. I'm probably not gonna get a good grade for this class but it's whatever.

Ryan Long
SPAN363

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/18/2022

Long is so caring, knowledgeable, and lenient with grading. All the good qualities make him one of the best professors in the Spanish department.

Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia
SPAN363

Expecting a P
Anonymous
06/26/2021

Prof. Quintero-Herencia is incredibly enthusiastic about the content of this course, and makes some pretty profound connections to very broad themes. Unfortunately this will often lead to him going off on huge tangents that can seem rather irrelevant to the course content. He is indeed a very lenient grader, and I definitely got a much higher grade in the class than what I deserved for the work that I put in. The class is not organized all too well, however. It takes him a long time to get grades up on ELMS, and a whole 50% of the final course grade comes from assignments that you turn in after the last day of class, leading to a lot of uncertainty in your grade until it's all said and done.

Saul Sosnowski
SPAN363

Anonymous
12/01/2019

I love this class (I don't even really like Spanish lit, but Saul makes it so tolerable). Saul is a wonderful and engaging lecturer who adds a lot more context to the readings. He's very intelligent and knows everything there is to know about every story we read and all the historical context behind it. He interacts really well with students, making the class fun. I wish grades were uploaded to the grade book - while I think I'll do well in the class, I would like to have a little more certainty. A paper rubric for the final paper and the group project would be appreciated, despite the clarity of instructions during class. There are 4 grades, I think? 1 midterm, 1 final, 1 final paper (5-10 pages), and 1 group project.

Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia
SPAN363

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/02/2018

JCQH is an easy grader, but he doesn't go far in depth enough into materials nor did he really 'push' any of his students.

Ana Rodriguez
SPAN363

Anonymous
12/10/2008

She's a very nice person and really passionate about her research areas, but totally out of touch with reality. The amount of work she expects for a 300-level class is absolutely ridiculous. She rarely gives back grades, and when she does it's 2 months after you've turned in the paper. (Literally.) There's a reason all the other 400-level classes for next semester are full or nearly full and hers is half-empty.

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