Susannah Washburn

This professor has taught: CPPL100, CPPL101, CPPL200, CPPL201, CPSP239P, CPSP249P, CPSP339P, PLCY201, PLCY201S, PLCY309, PUAF214, PUAF215, PUAF790

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Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Anonymous 12/18/2024	Washburn is a really great and understanding professor. The assignments are all very doable and the class is mostly discussion based. Attendance is graded which was annoying but my biggest issue were with how slow assignments were graded and how inconsistent the TA's were when they graded them. You'll mainly learn about leadership theory and its applications in the real world. There are three graded papers which were a bit time consuming, but nothing too bad. If you put effort into your work and show up, you'll probably get an A.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024	Good teacher who provides resources for you to succeed. She has a ton of experience, and really wants to help you any way that she can. She cares a lot about this too! Only downside of this class is response times for essays. Sure there are a lot of people in the class, but when an announcement is made that something should be graded by a date at the latest, it should be graded by then. Anyways, the feedback you get on essays is really helpful, and the TA's also care a lot about you and your success.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/13/2024	Having Washburn as my professor was a genuine blessing. I am a freshman majoring in public policy so this class was very important to me as it is one of my first intros to the topic of policy, and Washburn fully nurtured the passion and excitement I had for policy. Her workload is completely manageable, and she even removes a lot of the excessive readings from past years to make the class more discussion based. She will even go as far as not requiring the class to do certain work assignments on days where the discussions are lively, which is something teachers I've had in the past rarely due. She is always super well connected with her students and will go out of her way to talk to you after class. She also re-works to the curriculum every year to make it better and often involves students in that process. To top it all of she is an incredibly engaging speaker and knows how to foster great debates and discussions in class while remaining impartial which just makes every class all the more enjoyable. She is a 10/10 and I HIGHLY recommend her as a professor if you're genuinely interested in policy.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/05/2024	Washburn is the best! she is very easy to talk to and personable and she really cares about her students, not just academically but as a person. The class is very discussion based which is nice. There are short readings to do and various projects. You do have essays and I would recommend putting a good amount of energy into those as they are a large chuck of the grade. It takes her a while to grade but she goes over all of the TA's grading so its pretty fair.
Susannah Washburn Anonymous 12/17/2022	Prof. Washburn was such a good professor to learn from. She has so much experience in the public policy field and is so helpful with any questions that you have about it. PLCY201S was a decently easy class to get an A in. She drops your lowest essay grade and a huge bulk of your grade is based on attendance. She's also super understanding about late assignments or absences as long as you're honest. She wants to work with you to make sure you're getting everything that you can out of this class.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A Anonymous 12/08/2022	She is an awesome professor and super easy to talk to. She's very responsive, understanding and approachable. She wants you to succeed and is there for you. I was annoyed by time it took to grade assignments. There is a lot of reading for the course and even though she claims that every word you read is important, you can pass just skimming for general concepts. She is invested in your success but she does expect a lot of you.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A Anonymous 11/19/2022	If you are choosing between the scholars programs, choose Public Leadership! Professor Washburn is engaging, personable, and invested in our success. Her teaching style is more than the typical lecture with in-class activities, group projects, and debates. While these assignments may seem daunting to some, Washburn creates a comfortable and open environment for her students where everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of background or belief. Overall, I would highly recommend this course.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A Anonymous 11/19/2022	If you are choosing between the scholars programs, choose Public Leadership! Professor Washburn is engaging, personable, and invested in our success. Her teaching style is more than the typical lecture with in-class activities, group projects, and debates. While these assignments may seem daunting to some, Washburn creates a comfortable and open environment for her students where everyone is encouraged to participate, regardless of background or belief. Overall, I would highly recommend this course.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201S Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2021	Washburn is my favorite professor I have had so far. She is super kind and truly cares about her students. I didn't particularly enjoy the class, but Washburn made the class tolerable. As long as you put minimal effort into your work, an A should be no problem.
Susannah Washburn PLCY201 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/08/2020	Washburn is the absolute best, which you probably know if you're in PL. Classwork is fair and doable, the TAs are helpful, and usually it's interesting. She's also always happy to talk to students and personable is an understatement.
Susannah Washburn CPPL101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/27/2019	I have had Professor Washburn for PLCY201 and CPPL101. She is one of the most down-to-earth and enthusiastic people you will meet. The coursework is fair and doable; you can easily get an A in the class as long as you put in the work. She makes the Public Leadership Scholars Program as fun as possible and is always eager to connect with her students during her office hours. If you are a Public Leadership Scholar, you are in good hands.