very sweet; tough on essays, need to keep up on reading and attendance

Essays were ok. she has interesting lectures. nice lady.

essays r graded hard, ok lectures, helpful, must go to class

Fan-fuggin tastic

very good teacher, if you can write well you will get a good grade in the class

Not a very hard class. Only three essays but there were big projects. Final essay very boring and unneeded.

Great class. Have to think for yourself and keep up with the work.

actually helped me write better. b sure to go to conferences.

really sweet and sort of funny. u have to go to class. grades hard, but comments on first drafts very helpful!

i thought i'd hate this class but it was ok

Interested in you as a person. She did her best to help me out when I needed it.

she's a bit boring but she really helps u

she is the coolest teacher that I had, her class was pretty easy just listen and make sure that you do all the work an attend all your tutor meetings. She really doesnt care about the final it was only 5% of the grade, she is cool dont listen to the rest, they probubly didnt do their work:-)

She is really nice and will help you out if you ask her to

she is very helpful and nice. she is very understanding. going to class seems pointless since we don't really do anything but you have to go because it impacts your grade. all you do is work on your essays. she's a very nice and reasonably person. very helpful too if you ask questions.

Jamie was one of the sweetest teachers I've ever had. She really wants you to learn and she has great intentions. Very nice and the class was fairly easy. I got an A and I'm an okay writer. Take her, she's good.

Very nice and understanding teacher. I had a family issue right around finals and she let me turn my paper in way late with no penalty. She's always willing to help you out with your papers and she grades fairly. I would recommend taking her class.

Good teacher. Tried to get students to better their writing, but u know some didn't quite understnad that she was helping them. I liked her & thought she was a reasonable teacher. Just try & do your work! She is a very good writer, knows what to look for in papers & maybe this is why students feel she is hard. Not super easy to get A but possible.

very good teacher. i learned a bunch of basic things u should kno about writing essays fr her that i didn't learn and wish i did in HS (she should b a HS eng teacher) very helpful, just ask & she's willing to help any way she can. just make an effort to write ur essays & u should get at least a B. i SUCK @ writing (& i'm not kidding) & i got a B.

Great teacher with a lot to talk about - this class is a worthless class but if u go and u at least try to answer her questions its very easy

Those who complain about this lady were obviously on her bad side because Jamie is such a cool professor. She super easy with her grading, lets you turn in a paper late and really cares about her students. Her class isn't the funnest one to attend but its barable!

The class is not useless unless your f**king Ernest Hemingway or something. Pretty cool professor, and an easy grader. Not too hard to get an A if you put forth a little effort.

She's an alright teacher. Always has a lot to say and cares about her students. Her essays are hard and she's a hard grader. I wish I took this class with someone else.

Okay class! A bit boring for an 8am class, but highly doable. Professor is nice, just a lot of busy work toward the end of semester. She does not grade hard if you at least try. I would recommend her although I was bored to tears in her class.

Amazing professor! If you care about learning things which will actually help you when you get out into the real world- take this class! She is so passionate about the material and eager to help her students. Lover her!

Cool Professor, this class was a breeze. I enjoy writing, so that may have something to do with it. Overall, Madden is a great professor to take for this subject. A couple of in-class group assignments, one group presentation, and several individual assignments due for this course. Very easy course!!!

Ms. Madden is a great teacher. I personally hate english classes so I never put any real effort into the homework, starting and completing them before class started and I still pulled a B-. Ms. Madden is also extremely understanding with personal situation and will help when she can. And to top it off, she is passionate about what she teaches.

Boring class. Easy way to fill requirement.

Very helpful. Go to class and act like you care. Class was boring at times but if you take your work seriously and listen to her suggestions there is no reason not to get a good grade.

This teacher is so helpful. She will take the time to help you whenever poccible and is very encouraging to her class. I recommned her just because she is so helpful and very sympathetic to her students.

Professor Madden is an awesome instructor..Honestly I disliked almost everything about writing, but after taking her class my state of mind completely changed. Throughout the semester, your assigned 4 essays and one final. The essays she assigns are phenominal to write about. She really challenges you to think outside the box and come up with brill

Easy class and a nice teacher. Didn't learn anything though.

The class was super easy. It was mostly independent work, for the summer session, we made our personal time lines to turn in work. You work with a group one day to improve your pieces, and another day with her. Extremely helpful, no exams, just papers and small projects. I would definitely recommend this class with her.

She is a very nice teacher, she will definitely take the time to help you if you need it. Just make sure to show up to class and the meetings, and you will stay on her good side and the class will be very easy. Plus she lets you hand in late work.

She's extremely nice and pretty helpful. If you don't understand the four assigned papers throughout the semester, each paper you have a conference with her to see how to produce the best final draft possible. Pretty easy class, the essays were basically the only work. She cancels a full week of class for conferencing for each essay too.

Jaime was very helpful and made it very easy to get a good grade on all the essays. There is also a timed essay for the final but she tells you what it is about before so you can prepare for it. Take her if you can.

She's a great teacher. She's very helpful with improving your writing, and is pretty nice. She can be kind of condescending, however many professors can be that way. Make sure you read, because it's important. Go to the conferences!

Professor Madden has made me a better writer. Now I can literally write essays last minute and still get A's no problem. Don't believe the other reviews about her being easy. Her class requires you to put a lot of effort. When I had her I worked my tail off and barely managed to get an A-. Take her. Learning is better than getting an inflated grade

Take her, you will not regret it. You will learn a lot and the class is not hard!!

Took her class in Spring 2012 to satisfy WPA requirement. You meet about every 2 weeks, once day w/group to analyze&critique papers, and the other day with her where she asks everyone about their thoughts on each others papers. Material is not really difficult, but it does require your time; decent amount of assignments that get you thinking.

I liked Madden, she was very nice. Uses course reader with articles to write essays on. Hard to understand/confusing articles. She is very helpful and gives individual conferences for each paper and no classes during that week. Class was usually group/pair work about readings. No hmk, 3 essays, final was short essay open book. I recommend her 100%!

She's very quirky but sweet. I took it over summer & you meet with her once a week with your group to go over your assignment & everyone gives you feedback and you make revisions. Everything's pretty much credit/no credit. You choose the grade you want and do the extra work/revisions. Easy A

Take her!! She's the best! She is absolutely helpful and makes sure you know what you're doing. Class is composed of 3 essays and 1 final essay. Best RWS prof at State!!

Madden is a great teacher. She's super helpful. Her class consists of 4 essays that are worth 80% of your grade. You work in groups every class which can be helpful with writing your paper and getting ideas. She has personal meetings with each student before each paper if you need help and she gives great feedback. There's also no textbook!

Madden is a great professor and I loved how she gave the most amazing feedback on my rough drafts. If you ask the right questions in class or during conferences she can help you write an A-worthy essay. She's really nice and lectures aren't too boring. If she taught RWS 200 I would take her again!

Summer session gave us 3 class days and a one-on-one session for 20 mins on the other day of the week. She goes over the rough draft during the 1-on-1 and tells you exactly what she expects to get an A. It's a lot of work. But if you incorporate as much of the lessons in class into your papers, you'll do well. Splits us up into groups by major.

Awesome professor. She helps you a lot with essays and genuinely cares about her students. For sure taking her for RWS 200.

Great class! She gives students the opportunity to come in during her office hours to review their essay and give them helpful feedback. We spend weeks preparing for an essay, which is beneficial when writing your papers. Overall, Jamie is a great professor and I recommend her for incoming freshmen taking RWS100. --4 papers, 1 final, NO book

I'm not a fan of writing, but Jamie made it enjoyable. The prompts can be really vague and it is hard to pinpoint what she wants, but office hours help a lot to clarify. She's really helpful during conferences - I felt much more prepared to write the paper after.

I enjoyed Jamie's RWS 100 class so much that I decided to take her again for RWS 200. Jamie is such a high quality professor. Her essays are based on readings that are very thought provoking, making writing more interesting. Despite time consuming essays, this is a very valuable class along with the helpful feedback if you are willing to work hard.

Class was challenging, you need both the textbooks she requires to write all the papers and assignments. She really cares about her students, and her class is intellectually challenging.

Jaime is a super nice lady. She's the type to give her students that participate the best feedback, but either way she's super helpful and specific when giving advice on papers. Attendance is necessary for an A and also counts for participation points. 4 major essays each on average 5-7 pages. Interesting topics, workload isn't too bad either.

This class greatly improved my writing and critical thinking skills. I was challenged to learn new perspectives and then form my own opinions. Professor Madden is a great teacher and is extremely helpful when it comes to papers.

Madden was by far my favorite Professor my first semester at State! She really cares about her student's success and is great at giving feedback on your work. She schedules conferences after every essay which is extremely helpful. As long as you participate in class, actually show up and do the readings the class is very easy!

I love Jaime!! The class kinda drags on for a while and the in-class discussion can be boring but as a teacher she's amazing. Really helpful, will help you will all of your papers just go to her office hours. The readings are also kinda boring but you use them for your papers and they are really helpful.

Jamie allowed me to challenge and improve my writing skills using fun topics. I appreciate her attention to detail and willingness to improve her students' writing. Class discussions are very boring, but they count for your grade so show up, go to office hours if you want, and follow her (very straightforward) rubrics and you'll do fine!

Gives great feedback. IF you go to office hours she will tell you what to write on your essay and pretty much give you an A when you turn in the essay. Do all extra credit and your good. Also she has to coolest outfits

Take Professor Madden if you want to do well on the WPA!! I got a 10 because I saved all my notes from this class and now I don't have to take anymore writing courses. I thought her lectures were somewhat interesting but class consisted mostly of group work that helped us with our essays. Not an easy A but I'd take this class again

TAKE HER FOR RWS 200!! she is so awesome and really wants you to do well. our whole class was based off disney books instead of boring things and she tells you exactly how she wants the papers to be written. if you follow her rubrics exactly and get feedback in class you will get good grades. participate in class and get on her good side too

Jamie is an amazing professor. She is always able to give you positive feedback to help you improve your writing. She is easy to talk to and answers emails within minutes. Her fashion is always on point as well!

If you want a caring professor, Jamie is the right one for you. She's a little tough on the grading, but that depends on how much work you put in. Honestly, it was only hard because I took a special version from her and her essays where based on another class (HUM140). If the other teacher wasn't off topic, the essays would've been easier.

she is one the best teachers i have ever taken. she caring and tells you exactly how she wants the papers done. she goes above and beyond to help you with your paper. BUT you also need to make an effort for your grade. I love her class.

took the online version of this class- pretty good decision. there are discussion boards every week that you have to stay on top of- these are worth a lot of points in the end so be sure to do all of them completely. you have to submit a rough draft for each project and if you make all of her corrections its an easy A ( i never got a below a 96)

Jamie is a great professor. Took this course online. One lecture (15-30 min) each week explaining work-load. Discussion boards each week, don't miss these easy points. Mostly weekly homework. Always accessible through e-mail and you can tell she really cares. Easy A if you put in the work.

Her class was great. She made writing super easy and would always give great feedback on all your work. She is there to answer any question and one of the sweetest and most understanding professors that I ever had.

Professor Madden was amazing! I took the online 6-week summer course and she gave clear directions, was available to answer questions, was encouraging and I learned a lot. I would highly recommend taking her course. She is easy to communicate with and very understanding. She was active in the discussion boards.

Madden is a really great and engaging professor. She cares about every student. Writing papers is done incrementally: Each week you will write only a section of the paper, not the entire thing. This is so much easier than traditional courses!

Professor Madden is super caring; she responds to emails quickly and is very clear on what she wants in her prompts/grading criterias. Go to class because you get participation points for each day, and class usually revolves around analyzing material that you will use for your paper which I found to be super helpful.

Madden really cares about her students and their work. She arranges mandatory 1:1 meetings for your benefit. She also accepts late work. I haven't met a professor in college who genuinely cares about her students!

Professor Madden is an amazing teacher. I truly enjoyed this class and it was one of my favorites that I have taken. I would 100% take this class again because it's amazing to have a professor who cares and wants to see her students do amazing. I wish I had more room in this text to express what a great experience I had in Professor Maddens class

Madden is a caring professor, but the class workload is intense. Assignments are split into weekly chunks, which is helpful but can still be overwhelming. Using Unstuck AI and staying on top of the work helped me manage the course.