L Jen Shaffer

This professor has taught: ANTH220, ANTH222, ANTH266, ANTH322, ANTH452, ANTH467, ANTH468O, ANTH498O, ANTH652, ANTH667, ANTH689C, ANTH722, ANTH789

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L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/21/2024	Great professor! No exams at all, just attend the class because there are a lot of in class activities you would have to do throughout the whole semester even though she does drop 2 lowest grade from both group work and individual work. With there being no exams, there are about five major projects you would have to do but they’re not that bad! I’m not an anthropology major or anything bc just took the class since it takes out 3 gen eds. I would recommend this class!
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2024	Great professor! No exams at all just attend the class because there are a lot of in class activities you would have to do throughout the whole semester even though she does drop 2 lowest grade from both group work and individual work. With there being no exams, there are about five major projects you would have to do but they’re not that bad! I’m not an anthropology major or anything bc just took the class since it takes out 3 gen eds. Would recommend this class!
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/19/2023	Shaffer is a great professor! Her lectures are engaging and relevant. She understood that a lot of her students were taking the class as a GenEd and made a conscious effort to keep the courseload reasonable. There were five "large" assignments (all take-home) and participation grades.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/19/2023	Nice person but grades the essays ridiculously harsh. Or maybe i'm just blind to the fact that my essays suck, take this review as you will, my intention isn't to knock her.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/14/2023	If you need a easy Gen-ed, I'd highly recommend this class with Professor Shaffer. Mandatory attendance but you learn some pretty cool stuff and you don't have to go to 2-4 of the classes. Assignments aren't hard, just a little time consuming.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH322 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/06/2023	shaffer is a great instructor and person. she is accommodating and clearly passionate about the material. one of my favorite classes at umd. if you can, take a class with her
L Jen Shaffer ANTH222 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/08/2021	Shes really knowledgeable and clearly cares about the material shes teaching and her students. She includes relevant videos to better explain the information. Also, having all of the lectures on elms was really helpful, whether I missed a class or needed a refresher on the materials. Sometimes can be a little awkward, but otherwise the material is interesting.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 08/31/2020	I just finished a semester with Dr. Shaffer and honestly she was one of the nicest professors that I have had at umd. Her class weighs heavily on discussions which for a subject such as climate change, it should have more of a discussion based lecture. She is very passionate about her work and is very welcoming when going to office hours. As long as you put in effort in her class you should get a good grade.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH222 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/18/2019	I get the impression Dr. Schaffer is trying to be relatable, hip, and cool -- she curses in lecture, jokes about sex, etc. -- in reality this often makes lecture incredibly awkward. I don't mind "cool" instructors, but Schaffer tries so hard it's uncomfortable. Lecture style aside (it's bearable, but annoying), there were other problems with the course: the weekly quizzes often expected outright wrong answers, the labs had vague questions or questions that didn't reflect the materials we were given, TAs didn't have enough time to prepare for the labs, we were issued the wrong book, and lectures disagreed with the book. The most difficult parts of the course were when I was struggling against Dr. Schaffer's course design, not when I was struggling to remember the material.
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Anonymous 05/01/2019	She's passionate about the material that she teaches, I love that. No final exam... just a large project. In class participation is a large portion of your grade so attendance is required. Loved this class!
L Jen Shaffer ANTH266 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/18/2018	She is a really fun professor. Talks about the material and loves when students come to office hours just to talk. Easy class if you follow the rubric for papers, and no exams!