Very good teacher, really works at what she wants accomplished

She's not the hardest teacher, just the hardest to get along with. You can achieve an A, just write what she wants and what she believes. Leave your own opinion at the door.

She is very clear in what she expects of her students. Yes, maybe a little opinionated but she really is a good professor

At times she can be difficult, but she knows her stuff, you learn a lot and she helps you gain appriciation for the subject.

The assigments are simple. She works on teaching you skills rather than expression through writting. Pretty cut and dry stuff here. Do your work!

if you have a positive outlook on your own writing, forget it in her class. she will critcize you untill you cry. had classes with girls that did so. a pessamist that i acctually got to laugh at my jokes. if you like news and reading newspapers, enjoy.

No tests, only essays and daily reading assignments. An easy A if you enjoy speaking about women's issues of today and past. Nice lady with a sense of humor

expect to use a quotation in every paragraph you write. remember all that stuff you learned in highschool? Well forget it. Your way is wrong and her way is right. Prepare to write in a completely different style than what you were taught. DONT TAKE

she was a amazing teacher. she has helped me gain apperication for a subject that may not be easy to understand. speak up in her class and though she may not agree with your views she is always willing to consider someone else's views. TAKE HER. boyah!

She is great!! She wants everyone to do well! As long as you do what she says, you'll do great! I'd recommend her! I've taken her twice and loved her both times!!

Course is easy but personality sucks. She has this prim and proper fascade, but it seems so fake and somewhat demeaning. Quite full of herself and brags about her books.. feels the need to let everyone know what a "good person" she is. We don

She is an awesome professor and I would LOVE to take a course with her again. I may be the only one to think this but I think she also has a very sooting voice. She has a great sense of humor aas well and teaches a great class!!!

Do exactly what she says, and you will get an A. Not a difficult class -- you only do poorly if you are completely off topic or don't bother to turn in the assignment. Bonus: you are done with the class a month early if you get an A on the rough draft.

She knows her stuff!!! Modern poetry is where her expertise is... too bad the class isn't being offered again in the near future. Enjoyable class, Great Professor

She's really nice and she knows her stuff. The class must get a subscription to the Washington Post, so you talk about politics majority of the time. She's not over opinionated on the subject at all though. She hears both sides. Very cool teacher.

All you do is talk about government! The election was going on during my semester so all she talked about was how great john kerry is! She also dresses very oddly!!

If you are interested in English literature or writing this professor makes it simple for you. It's not very difficult, but you learn a lot.

she's great! i loved her i'm taking her again next chance i get. of course she has her flaws but she'll definitely go out of her way to help you out! i definitely suggest taking her!

Be prepared to talk about politics. You work alot with the Washington Post. MAKE SURE YOU READ IT!!! There's only about 5 papers due the entire year but she's very fair at grading and is overall a pretty good teacher. She really helped me with my writing. I wouldn't mind taking her again.

prof joyce is a well-educated woman who is full of ambition and i look up to her in every aspect. the more effort and interest you put in her class the better teacher she becomes. she doesnt waste her time. likes to teach& talk about controversial topics.

she is a wonderfully intelligent women, with a good sence of humor. i really enjoyed the fact that you can talk about what is going on in the world. i learned more in that class then how to write a paper. if you are willing to do what she asks you will do fine, if not, well i won't make her mad.

The class is a very boring class and she is not a pleasent professor. I am overcome with boredom throughout the class period.

essays are a pain in the ass, but she helps you out and gives you enough time to complete, she is very open and lets you express your views in class, you work with the Washington Post and you need to bring it like every class. i think she's nice, but the essay topics sometimes can be retarded (emmett till, pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons-blah) she only gets ****y when you don't do your work/ bring your WP

I really really enjoyed her class and her teaching. She is very out spoken and I really enjoyed that. She is more than willing to help you if you are willing to show interest and put forth effort. I would certainly reccommend her.

Dr Joyce is really helpful and intellegent, and overall sweet lady! Highly reccomended class.

She's a smart professor, and this class is fun. The only thing I didn't like about her was her habit of inturrupting people during discussions.

i think she was great with the womens studies courses don't know her as an english prof...but she is very intelligent

Very nice professor, I liked her a lot, but her class seems like its way too easy and she seems too linient in the way she grades, though the topics we discuss in class are interesting. The essay topics are a little dumb sometimes, and it doesn't seem like we're learning much, but is helpful if you ask

We just discuss poetry tge whole class. No lectures. No tests.

i found her to be a sweet lady who is very understanding, and leanient with her grading. no tests. however your essays and papers are your tests. put in effort and you'll do fine.

One of the most understanding professors I've come across. she seems to genuinely care whether her students are all doing well, and is very lenient with students that aren't amazing writers. she also provides plenty of comments on your writing, so if you follow her instructions, theres no way you can fail.

Dr. Joyce is amazing. She has an interesting style, and she has a great personality. She'll tell you how it is. Her class was pretty easy. We watched movies and read interesting material. She talked about sex a lot ,but what college professor doesn't and she is a hardcore feminist, which is a major turn on. If you need a break from hard classes t

She's good. No joke. A lot of busy work but pretty decent. She's a chill teacher for the most part, fun to have a conversation with. She's also very helpful.

American Survey 1 is not a cake-walk with Joyce, but she encourages a fun environment for students engaged in the material. There were no tests or quizzes; four essays and daily brief statements comprised the graded content. Read the material, take some of it seriously and you'll pass the class.

one of my favorite professors. she's funny and smart and you can tell she really loves poetry and teaching. she's very quirky and adorable. the work in the class was super easy and she was very helpful when it was needed. i highly recommend her to anyone!

Was easy I would say. I did good in her class. The thing that bothered me was that she told us to pick a topic to write about for our final paper and than completely would changed the topic after the first draft and the final draft was due the following friday. That made it difficult cause now we had to redo an entire 10 page paper during finals

Prof Joyce is great. The comment about changing topics for the Research paper is ignorant - she gave us dozens of opportunities to review our topic with her. She is extremely clear, and helpful even with work for other classes. She is funny, if you pay attention, and only asks that you pay attention and do the work. Yes, would take her again.

I received 100% on all six of the graded Essays. So it is possible to do. I thought she gave good feedback on the rough drafts that allowed for myself to make my final drafts stronger. A rather stress free class since the only work was our essays and she gave us a week for the rough draft then a week for the final draft. I would take her again.

There are no tests in this class, but you have to write five essays throughout the course of the semester. This is normal for an English class, except the last four essays don't have prompts, which makes them super hard. You have to do a statement for a reading each class, so get ready to read a bunch of things you'll never understand.

Dr. Joyce's class was tough with a lot of content to work through, but the class discussions were always interesting and fun to participate in.

Dr. Joyce has such a complex mind and it was an honor to experience. I had her for Lit Crit Theory in my senior year of college, and she challenged me to think in ways I did not know possible. Her literature selections were eye-opening, and she had such a dynamic and in-depth teaching style. Hardest, yet most enlightening class I've ever taken!

When you ask for help she is snarky and rude. Needed help on my essays and had to redo them multiple times. Classes are unbearable and boring. Very vague in what she wants but expects you to read her mind to figure it out.

Her classes may seem unimportant but go to them. They are helpful in the long run. She is a fair grader, and you can always ask her for feedback and advice on how to improve.