she is very nice and does her best to be entertaining and keep things interesting. The class is actually quite easy except for the test are pretty difficult. I have only had one test thus far though so maybe that will change...

She is very friendly and enjoys what she does. There is alot of sitting around in a circle just talking and the tests are relatively easy. The first test was difficult but the other 2 were easy. She is a great teacher and tries hard to make it fun!

Very helpful when u need help. Makes you do cultural artifacts with apa citations. Doesn't really know her apa citations, so make sure you double check yours when u get your paper back. Her study sessions are also unorganized.

She makes class really fun, but her grading is really hard. Her idea of giving a good grade is a B+ or A-. You have to follow her format for assignments or she takes off points. She tells a lot of cool stories about culture and her travels. She lived in Europe. The tests are pretty hard too. I feel like I learned a lot about intercultural issues.

Very helpful, great teacher. Really got the best out of all of her students and really made the class appeal to students. I enjoyed her very much and would take her class again if opportunity presented itself.

This teacher expects alot out of her students with online assignments, papers, projects and in-class participation. She is very enthusiastic with her teaching and is very knowledgeable of the subject. She has a very fun sense of humor as well.

Really sweet and helpful. She went out of her way to help me and other students to make our papers better. She always had extra office-hours to help explain stuff for the research proposals. I was always happy to go to her class because she made it fun even though it was a tough class.

You have to show up to her class or you lose points. She kicked a kid out once for texting in class all the time. Not a tough grader but you have to put in some effort and really read/follow directions. She made a boring speech class fun because she has so many stories and a lot of tips that were not in the book.

Love her! one of the best teachers i've had so far. She's super nice, a really easy grader, and almost always let us out of class early. She also really tries to help us understand what she's teaching.. and she knows it's not the most interesting subject in the world. Take her class!!

Awesome teacher! She actually teaches and uses real-world examples to help explain material. She worked tirelessly to help students succeed, if they were not lazy or didn't skip class. She made a really hard class more understandable and enjoyable.

This class is not easy at all. It requires alot of work and time. The textbook is very dry. The exams are hard. However Valianos is always willing to help. Her lectures are more straight point and better understanding. She is very energtic which really brings the class into a lighter mood.

Loved her and this class! Alexis is super nice and always willing to help. Her examples and videos are great. The class environment was comfortable and fun. Interesting material. The 4 tests are based solely on the easy-to-follow textbook, so take notes and study. 4 speeches - preparation is key. Fair grader! Really fun class!

She knows her stuff, and gives good examples in class. Not really helpful outside of class. Syllabus is the size of a novel. 4 speeches, and make sure you're prepared. Abide by time limit!!!!!

Com 308 is not an easy class. The tests were very difficult and you may have to read chapters over because the book is so dry. If you put in the work you will get the grade you want. Prof Valianos is a GREAT techer. She is always willing to help and wants her students to suceed! I definitily recommend her to COM students you'll learn a lot!

Great teacher. Not an easy class but she is always willing to help you. She posts the study guides for the tests the first day of school, so you have lots of time to study. Everything on the study guides were on the exams.

COM308 was is in the top 3 hardest classes I have taken. That said, if you do your work, read, attend and participate in class you will do fine. I actually enjoyed the class and Dr. Valianos is a very good teacher who knows her stuff and will help you if you put the work in. She breaks down the class in a manageable way. Also: Learn your APA!!

This is a very book oriented class. Valianos is a good lecturer, but she does not teach to the tests. Tests are hard and poorly written, but that's the department's fault not hers. She gives a couple chances for extra credit if you attend class and will give help if needed. Definitely a decent teacher for 100

The class was pretty easy. Easy to skip every class and get a good grade as long as you do the reading. Her lectures don't really focus on test material.

Dr. Valianos is one of the best professors to teach COM 308. She gives clear instructions for all assignments, is funny and enthusiastic during lectures, and is ALWAYS willing to help you out. She really cares that you understand the material! She gives clear outlines of what is to be expected on the tests, so study lectures and book!

She knows her content and can teach it. She WANTS you to come to office hours and will succeed if you do. She is a little too strict grading papers. She graded my paper 2 times before the 3rd and final part was submitted and suddenly found errors on the last paper when I had received 100% on the 2 previous grades even tho content was the same.

I would take Professor Valianos for every class if I could. She is by far my favorite teacher at ASU or possibly ever. She is helpful, fair and very clear about expectations and assignments for the class. Go to her office hours! She wants to help and wants to see you do well, which I have not found to be the case with many of my other professors.

Professor Valianos is a very good professor who really does want everyone to pass. Whenever you need help, make sure to go to her office hours because she is helpful and it will improve your grade. She can be a hard grader and her test get easier as the semester goes on. I would love to have her again.

While the tests were difficult and the Literature Review assignment seemed daunting, Dr. Valianos is one of the best instructors I have ever had. She lets you know exactly what is expected and is very willing to help you with anything. Pay attention to the rubrics given for the assignments and you will do well.

She is great. The start of the class is a bit overwhelming but she walks you through everything!

She is an awesome funny cool chill teacher. She is not hard however not easy. Expect homework. NO STRESS. She assigns everything within time very clear and helpful. I WOULD TAKE HER AGAIN.

Dr. Valianos is an excellent professor. She makes her class fun and interesting, and gives good feedback on the speeches. I 100% recommend her for any course, but she is fantastic for Public Speaking. Great person, young and relates to students.

Dr. Valianos is pretty cool, and made COM100 more than an elective snooze. Lecture was mostly slides, but she showed videos in class. Uses clickers for attendance. Tests are pretty fair: book stuff, with a few things from lecture.

Firstly, Dr. Valianos is a very kind lady with genuine enthusiasm for her courses. In COM 100, she asks quite a few questions of the class. Answer those, it will help you remember and she will be more likely to help you with other things in the future. Secondly, DO NOT CHEAT, I saw two people get caught cheating on tests, and she was furious.

Professor V is awesome. I took COM207 with her and it was overall a tough class, HOWEVER if you just go to her office hours she pretty much corrects your assignment for you so you get a good grade. She is super nice and if you just show up and do your work, you will be fine. No homework. I signed up for her COM308 class this semester, she's great

Valianos is a super nice teacher! She's invested in her students and you can tell she cares about them. She does a great job at teaching so the tests aren't too hard at all. But she does use clickers so attendance is mandatory. Basically show up to class and do your homework and you should be ready for the exams.

Great professor! She is very flexible with deadlines and is willing to provide extensions. The course is overall pretty straightforward and the exams/labs are simple if you follow instructions/study. Cons: -Very strict with APA. You WILL lose point's if its not perfect. -Does not review papers via email. You have to visit office hours.

Alexis is a wonderful soul; she tries so hard to make her class a comfortable and fun space and to make connections with students. There's a big group project, but its the first one I've ever had that is realistic and that prioritized using class time to work within groups. I actually enjoyed showing up to her class!

Dr. Valianos is great. Obviously passionate about communication. Engaging lectures and usually got out after about 30-45 minutes. She puts out study guides for the tests, the lowest is dropped so I didn't have to take the final. Highly recommended!

Professor Valianos is a great lecturer, which is what most of the class is. She goes over all the material that will be on the tests, and provides a study guide. The textbook is also super helpful. A group presentation makes up about a third of the total grade. Not an easy A by any means, but a good grade is achievable if you put in the work.

Professor Valianos's class relies very heavily on not procrastinating. If you procrastinate on the speeches you do for this class, she will be able to tell and you will not get a good grade. She is really good about checking her e-mail if you ever need feedback or have questions. Overall I loved this class and would definitely take another with her

Valianos has to be one of the sweetest people in the world. She cares about her students and wants them to do well. The only thing I would say is it takes FOREVER for you to get your assignments and tests graded. She always says she will get them done in a week but takes twice that long.

This class was awesome! I would definitely take it again. She puts everything in perspective and gives good examples to help everyone understand. Weekly quizzes and the book is online. The exams are easy if you've read the book and understand the basic concepts. 10/10 I would love to be her friend.

Dr. Valianos tried to make class interesting and fun. Attendance is mandatory, but she allows you to miss 8 or 9 classes without consequence. Small quiz due each Sunday straight from the book and she drops the 2 lowest grades as well as your lowest exam grade. Interesting class and loved Dr. Valianos!

Her personality is very kind and bubbly. You can tell she cares a lot about the topics she teaches. Because so, she makes class go by really fast surprisingly. Did not use the text book as much as I thought I would; going to class makes up for that though because she gives thorough information and sometimes test questions.

Easy A. Can miss like 6 days with no impact on participation grade. Online quizzes are easy. Like no home work. 5 Tests including the final but drops the lowest score.

She was a great teacher who cares about her students. The class requires the textbook for the chapter quizzes but they are not hard. There is one group project that is not hard but time-consuming. I would recommend her for COM 263 because if you show effort she will reward you. Make a Quizlet for each quiz/exam and you will be fine!

I really enjoyed the class and the lectures she gave throughout each week. The discussion questions were great to expand upon. The only difficulty was our group assignment that was given, only because of the location difference with group members. Trying to find a meeting time online was not the easiest and was stressful for the final submission.

This class was easy if you do the reading. There are weekly reading quizzes which are super easy if you read the textbook. The professor is very caring and is very engaged with the material presented. There is also a semester-long group project but she gives time in class to work on it.

Really passionate about what she teaches! Quizzes are easy and directly from the assigned reading, and exams are the same exact same questions from the quizzes. The only thing I was not a fan of was the semester-long group project. It was fun, but if you get stuck in a bad group you will have a lot of work to do.

She is a GREAT teacher, I took her for COM 263 and am taking her again for Com 100. She really cares about intercultural communication and gives personal examples while also very kind and willing to help. Weekly quizzes from textbook chapters and semester long group project with clear guidelines. Final and Tests are very similar to quizes. TAKE HER

I absolutely loved taking COM 100 with her. She is very clear on assignments and due dates. There was usually a weekly quiz which was straight out of the book and every exam was all very easy! As long as you listen in class and study vocab it is an easy A. She is also very caring and overall super nice. I would really suggest taking her.

COM 100 exams were pretty easy as long as you read the material and took decent notes. There are quizzes every weekend but they are based on the lectures and book. She is a cool laid back professor but she did use clickers to take attendance for most of the semester.

There's a lot of reading but that's to be expected with online courses. I liked all the feedback she gave. The only issue was that her grading rubrics were confusing. But as long as you do the work you'll get a good grade.

She has clicker participation for credit so only show up to class those days. All quizzes are from quizlet, class very easy if you get ahead. Tests are fairly easy if you read through summary of chapter and common sense.

Professor Valianos was an amazing professor. I had her in Spring '20 and I was very fortunate to have her for 207. She worked with me while I was going through mental health issues and was willing to provide me with the extra help I needed. As long as you do the work and meet her halfway she's more than helpful.

I really enjoyed this class. It gets kind of boring sometimes because she just reads off slides but she is super sweet and really wants us to do well. She drops the lowest exam score and the two lowest quiz grades as well. I would highly recommend taking her for COM100!

Insanely easy class. Meets on zoom once per week, the other day you just need to answer participation points. Weekly quizzes on material that are very easy. Exams are open note. Lowest grades are dropped. Highly recommend if you're looking for an easy class. She is very sweet too.

Super easy class and she is extremely nice and cool in the lectures. You grade is based off of attendance points, weekly quizzes, and a few exams, all of which are really easy. Easily the simplest class I am taking right now.

Great prof and very clear in what she wants to see in the lit review. super helpful and wants you to succeed.

Easiest class. Large class size but definte easy A

You can tell she loves teaching and cares about the students. This semester is all online, but she has all the tests as open-note and the homework is super easy.

This class was very easy, but I wish I had taken it online since the lectures weren't mandatory. There were weekly quizzes, 2 exams, and a final exam that were all done through Canvas and weren't proctored. She also drops the lowest of those 3 exams. The few times I did attend lecture, I thought Valianos did a great job at explaining the material.

This professor is the best choice for COM 100. There is one quiz a week and 3 exams. She also drops your 2 lowest quiz scores and your lowest exam score, as well.

Best choice for COM100. Drops lowest 2 quiz scores and lowest test score. Grading was also very clear. Class is also somewhat common sense in regards to material.

I took her last semester and one thing I can say is if your gonna take COM225 I would highly suggest you take her because of how difficult this class was.

The very respectable professor who makes the transition of increasing your speaking skills on a greater level. HIGHLY SUGGEST FOR COM 225.

The quizzes were on Pearson, everything was from textbook. Pretty straight forward class but if you miss any assignments or stuff, it can affect your grade. Overall, really nice prof!

Probably the easiest class I have ever taken. Everything was online and the stuff being taught was almost common sense in my opinion. If you lack common sense then this is the class for you! For everyone else it's another checkmark in the box for everything else required as a COM major.

I really liked the way Dr. Valianos taught lectures! Just the right amount of energy and used real life examples that actually made sense. Most of the papers and assignments are graded by the TA's and the one I had was very helpful and responded to emails super quick. Attendance isn't mandatory, but helps a lot if you take notes.

I really liked Mrs. Valianos, I took com 207 which is a start to a higher level of thinking in the communication major. She has fantastic lectures every class and I would take notes and finish her course with an A- which I was happy about. Overall I recommend this class to anyone who is looking for a doable class.

Doctor Valianos is so sweet. The class wasn't hard as long as you actually pay attention. You get to choose whatever topics you want for the speeches which makes it way more fun. Just actually prepare for your speeches and you will do fine. The only negative thing I have to say about doctor Valianos is that she takes a while to respond to emails.

Alexis is very talkative and nice. There are four speeches that you are required to do and as long as you write it down on some flashcards you can get an A. You have to write a few proposals, outlines and speeches however. She takes attendance occasionally but it is required on speech days. Very light grader and final is open everything.

All exams in person, class average on all exams was a 67. Practice exam was not helpful, would study and still not ace exams. The professor seemed super nice and caring, but would take a different professor to get that GPA booster.

Great professor, lectures were super boring but homework was very easy. Was a caring and respectful professor and would definitely taken again for a different course. 4 exams and she drops the grade of the lowest scoring exam, as well as the lowest grade of 3-4 assignments/quizzes. very easy to get a A if you just put some effort in.

I took Professor Valianos for my COM100 class in Fall '23. She is one of my favorite professors on campus! Her lectures are very well explained, she is very friendly and approachable. Many of her lessons tie in with real life events. I would definitely take her class again!!

Lecture heavy class but overall pretty easy if you show up. She does I-Clicker, so mandatory attendance but its not bad. Don't NEED the textbook but it can be helpful. Lectures are long but informational and she is always there to help her students if you need extra assistance.

COM100 was an easy credit so I did not take it seriously. I never opened the textbook once nor studied outside of the final and still finished with a B+. If you study and pay attention to lectures you will def get an A. Valianos is a nice and caring professor and she cares about students but the lectures are very boring and hard to sit through

Very kind and understanding, would take a class with her again.

Four exams. One gets dropped, so if you do well enough, you don't have to take the final. A lot of online quizzes in Canvas are taken individually. Attendance is through iClicker, but I found out you could do it from the dorms. You don't really have to go but just have to have the time blocked out to answer 4 random multiple-choice questions.

COM100 with Valianos is a mixed bag - lectures can be dry, but the class is generally straightforward. Attendance is a must, but using unstuck AI and the textbook can help you ace the exams.

Sat in the back watching sports all class and got an A. If you show up and take in bits and pieces of her class you'll be fine

COM 259: She was very helpful with my group's research process for the Group Project! She draws from personal examples during lectures. She makes sure all students are engaged and participative. If you're someone who is genuinely interested in Communications, take her!!! She is a great resource.