TEACHING EVALUATIONS
Statistical summary sheets and all written evaluations are available at the bottom of this page. Please note that files may take a few seconds to download due to their size.
Some Sample Comments from Student Evaluations and Letters of Recommendation:
(Note: You can click on the quote to see a scanned copy of the document from which the comment was taken. Click here to download these comments as a pdf document.)
Other Student Feedback (not from evaluations):
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Below are scanned documents of the statistical summary sheets and all the individual course evaluations filled out by students in each class.
Spring 2009 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2009 CLASSES - COMING SOON)
Fall 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2008 CLASSES)
Spring 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2008 CLASSES)
Fall 2007 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2007 CLASSES)
Spring 2007
Fall 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2006 CLASSES)
Spring 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2006 CLASSES)
Fall 2005 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2005 CLASSES)
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Spring 2002
Some Sample Comments from Student Evaluations and Letters of Recommendation:
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- "Oh my goodness! Where do I begin? This woman is absolutely fabulous. She's a walking, talking encyclopedia of media culture. Her strength is that she's extremely knowledgeable about the subject." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "[She] is well organized and always prepared. She even provides supplemental readings and clips that are beneficial to our learning experience." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Very knowledgeable. Makes class interesting. Keeps people paying attention." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is very knowledgeable about the subjects she teaches. I feel like I always learn a great deal from her classes. I enjoy how the movies and videos correspond well with the class." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Very knowledgeable. Well read." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Encouraged class discussion and orchestrated that discussion well. Helped us to understand by using personal experience." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She gives the students the opportunity to share experiences relating to the material covered in class. Her website is very convenient [and] helpful." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Great professor. Great class. Loved it!" - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Very well organized, runs class smoothly, very understanding." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Very nice and professional." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She was well prepared and has a lot of examples." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Welcomed our input. Funny. Knowledgeable." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She provides really good information and our take home quizzes effectively helped me learn." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Always prepared. Goes through out of class material (coursework, quizzes, etc.). Pleasant and easy to approach. She does her job well." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Very understanding. I like her grading system." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "She is a very good teacher. I am very happy I got to attend her class!" - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "She is nice and she's a respectable teacher." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "She engages the class. She encourages productive discussion." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "Jen was very nice and a really good teacher." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "I love her grading system. It's very organized (online website). She gives her assignments back in a timely fashion. She has a[n] organized lesson plan. Gives a lot of info. on lessons." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "She has a great personality." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "Her website is brilliant. Everything being online was so great. Much more useful. As a student you knew where you stood in class and [with] graded assignments. Everything about this class is insanely clear. No secrets or hidden agendas. Everything online is the way it should all be." - Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "The strengths of the instructor is she is always ready to talk about real issues each class." - Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "You did good Jen! I learned a great deal in this class. I enjoyed every single day of it!" - Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is very informative and very pleasant." - Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She knows what she is talking about." - The Art and Industry of Film, Pine Manor College
- "Jen Mintzer is one of the best professors here at Pine Manor!" - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "The instructor was very understanding to each person['s] personal needs. Also she was very helpful with assignments." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Always ready to work. She was great." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is very well organized, especially in the way that she words the take-home quizzes and assignments. It is also very clear that she takes a lot of time outside of class to prepare lessons and handouts." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "The instructor is well prepared and organized. Always has classwork connected to homework." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She knows her material, all of it. She's very organized." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Jen was a great instructor that taught me a lot through her weekly quizzes and in class films." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "Her teaching style is great." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She had great material (videos, images) to share with the class. Very informative." - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She returns all assignments on time. And all information/material she uses is relevant to the course. She is a great teacher!" - Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is very easygoing." - Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
- "She is a very organized person. She gives us all the handouts in advance, she covers details for assignments and explains to us what we have to do [for] the assignments." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "I think that Jen's strengths would have to be the ability to understand where her class is coming from. She gives us more than enough time to complete assignments." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is very personal with the class. Jen makes us feel like she is one of us, but we as students understand that we are responsible to give Jen what is expected of us. I like that. She uses Gradenetwork.com. I feel that every professor should invest in this." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She's cool. Gradenetwork[.com] really helps me to keep on top of my work. If more professors did that program there [would] be more effort that goes into people's work because they [would] know [their] grade." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "The strengths of the instructor is she is never boring. She keeps the class participating in group conversations and the assignments are useful." - Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She has a very good teaching style. She made the class fun." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "I thought this was a fun and interesting class. I'm glad I took this class because I learned a lot from it." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "Jennifer Mintzer is a very precise professor. She lets you know how she wants an assignment and when it is due. She motivates a person to 'think outside the box,' broaden one's way of thinking and to explore new things/ideas." - First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
- "She sits down and explains and helps students at all times, even on Saturdays and Sundays. She's a great teacher." - Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
- "Always willing to help and very encouraging." - Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
- "She's encouraging and approachable. Readily makes herself available." - Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
- "Fun class. Jen is creative and cool." - Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication, Pine Manor College
- "She was great, always helpful." - Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays, Pine Manor College
- "She's really nice and easy to talk to." - Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays, Pine Manor College
- "I thought Jen was so cool. She knew what she was talking about and got us all very involved in class discussions." - Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
- "She is one of many teachers out there that shines above the rest…she is one of the select few out there who is in a field where she belongs." - Introduction to Mass Media, Temple University
- "She is an exceptional teacher whose use of interesting, diverse and applicable material have benefited me in my learning process." - Introduction to Mass Media, Temple University
- "She is constantly challenging students to challenge themselves and strive to better themselves as students…she brings an energy to the class…she is truly an asset to any class she teaches." - Introduction to Mass Media, Temple University
- "Ms. Mintzer truly has a gift as an educator, and I have come away from her class with a richer understanding of the material because of her unique approach to teaching." - Introduction to Mass Media, Temple University
- "All in all Jen Mintzer has helped me to not only pass a class I had recently failed, but also to understand class material and concepts that my prior instructor could not." - Introduction to Mass Media, Temple University
Other Student Feedback (not from evaluations):
(Note: You can click on the quote to see a scanned copy of the document from which the comment was taken.)
- Verbal feedback received from students when I taught on Semester at Sea Spring 2007 - relevant blog entries noting this feedback can be viewed here
- "I like the fact that Jen lets us, the students, comment freely when we feel the urge. I also like Jen's [policy of] not deduct[ing] points from a student who does not participate all the time. On some days, I like to listen to the conversation of others and agree but do not feel in the mood to comment for whatever reason. Another thing I like about Jen Mintzer is she does not want to intimidate students, like most professors. The atmosphere that Jen provides for the students is a comfortable one and I appreciate that." - comment written on a Student Feedback Form, Pine Manor College
- "I think you are doing a great job so far by encouraging people to think for themselves and not telling us what to think." - comment written on a Student Information Form, Pine Manor College
- "From the first class I got the [sense] that you really know what [you're] talking about and it looks like you truly enjoy teaching this class, so I [know] that it [will] be a good semester." - comment written on a Student Information Form, Pine Manor College
- "Jen, you are seriously an awesome teacher - I appreciate your patience! Hope to have another class with you!" - comment written by a student on a final exam for Introduction to Communications, Arcadia University
Below are scanned documents of the statistical summary sheets and all the individual course evaluations filled out by students in each class.
Spring 2009 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2009 CLASSES - COMING SOON)
- Children and the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
- Digital Moviemaking course evaluations (coming soon)
- Performing for Radio and Television course evaluations(coming soon)
Fall 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2008 CLASSES)
- Images of Women in the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
- Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication course evaluations(coming soon)
- The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations (coming soon)
Spring 2008 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2008 CLASSES)
- Multicultural Images in the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
- Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations(coming soon)
- Digital Moviemaking course evaluations (coming soon)
Fall 2007 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2007 CLASSES)
- First Year Seminar course evaluations (coming soon)
- Children and the Media course evaluations (coming soon)
- Senior Internships Seminar course evaluations (coming soon)
Spring 2007
- N/A - I was on a sabbatical leave this semester.
Fall 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2006 CLASSES)
- Images of Women in the Media course evaluations
- Senior Internship Seminar course evaluations
- The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations
Spring 2006 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL SPRING 2006 CLASSES)
- Multicultural Images in the Media course evaluations
- Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations
- Digital Moviemaking course evaluations
Fall 2005 (STATISTICAL SUMMARY SHEETS FOR ALL FALL 2005 CLASSES)
- First Year Seminar course evaluations
- Advanced Video Production course evaluations
- Children and the Media course evaluations
Spring 2005
- Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication course evaluations
- Writing and Marketing Scripts and Screenplays course evaluations
- Digital Moviemaking course evaluations
Fall 2004
- Images of Women in the Media course evaluations
- Introduction to TV and Radio Production course evaluations
- The Art and Industry of Film course evaluations
Spring 2002