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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/02/2025 |
I took her class my junior year. She is a bit scary and blunt at first, but she is a good instructor with a LOT of professional/career experience, and you can tell she cares deeply about her students' writing. She gives a lot of feedback on assignments, which may deter some people, but I think the feedback she gives is constructive and is ultimately for OUR benefit (i.e., she isn't just being "mean" for the fun of it). People forget that ENGL390 is a PROFESSIONAL writing class, so there is an objective "right" way of doing things (i.e., writing a paper, resume, CV/statement of purpose, grant proposal etc.). If you intend to go to grad school and don't really know how to write application material, take this class with her. |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/23/2025 |
i think people here are a bit too harsh, classes can be a bit dull and she has a bit of a tendency to be monotone and seem uninterested, but come on its a mandatory English class WHO IS. She does care though if you have questions she will answer them! she accepts late work at full credit also! so if you are swamped with other classes at the time an assignment is due, just let her know your situation and she will be very understanding (at least in my experience). she was also very understanding when it came to me being a few minutes late to class due to my walking conflict from my class right before hand. Discussions at the end of class are a decent chunk of the grade, and only get credit if you sign an attendance sheet at the start of each class day so don't miss class much, even if the material is on slides she provides. the end of semester final project does have a presentation aspect to it, which wasn't an issue for me, THIS PRESENTATION IS THE ONE THING YOU CANT DO LATE SHE MAKES A PRESENATION SCEDUAL AND IF YOU DONT HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION READY TO GO SHE WILL GIVE YOU A 0. shes not that harsh of a grader, i had a few acquaintances in that class that but in minimal effort and still got c's and b's. she also does notes on all your drafts basically telling you exactly what you need to do to get a perfect score. all in all not the best definitely not as bad as some of these others are saying IMO |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2024 |
Very blunt and often comes off as rude. She told us once that we didn't know basic English. Another time, we had to meet with her, one-on-one, over zoom for a conference and she never showed up. I had to email her (even though I wasn't the one at fault) and she didn't respond for an hour. She never apologized or had any excuse for why she basically ghosted me. She also has no idea how to use canvas. Her page was difficult to navigate and when you finally found what you were looking for, the links often did not work. She also edited the agenda and in-class assignments the morning of class and couldn't figure out multiple necessary canvas features. Going to class was usually pretty useless as she would want us to review the slides beforehand and then she would ask us what was on the slides to write on the board. She rarely elaborated beyond the content of the slides so you basically would teach yourself. |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/16/2023 |
She's a fair teacher, but it's impossible to actually like get a 100%. She's the exact personification of the "mean old high school English teacher". The class is meaningless (she just reads from slides), and so are the assignments. She's a very "my way or the highway" teacher. |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2023 |
Give her a chance. At the start of the semester, I thought she was dry, blunt, and distant. As the course progressed, I came to realize she really did care about her students and wanted everyone to do well. She just doesn't tolerate when people don't follow directions. This class ended up becoming one of my favorites I've taken! |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/12/2022 |
To me, she comes off as distant and judgmental. She writes comments/annotations for your essays very bluntly. She's not very talkative and pretty much reads off her slides in class. Boring as hell. |
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Katherine Oneill
ENGL390 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2018 |
very reasonable grader. If you do the work you should easily be able to get an A. Class its self is rather boring and a number of times she just had us do homework during class |