Horrible teaching techniques, flaky as hell, disorganized. STAY AWAY

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Awful Teacher - Keep Away!!!

horrible. she always kept the class at least 10min late, very disorganized, and does not know how to lead a class discussion. the only good thing was that she is an easy grader and you could just sign the attendance at the beginning of class and then leave.

This teacher is completely useless... I could really learn much more if I spent the time in her class reading the book. Keeps entire class for an hour even though her test only took the entire class 20 min. She'll make you sit doing nothing for 10 minutes after each class to give people a chance to ask questions even though no one ever has any.BAD

My final grade is still not posted 5 weeks after the course has ended, and she has not responded to emails

Shea has to be one of the worst professors at UVM. Her lectures are dry and she repeats herself a lot which makes it so that half of her class is useless. She also assigns way too much work then is feasible to do in the time given as she will gladly make you write two 7 page papers and a quiz all due in three days.

Prof. Shea is by far the worst experience I've had yet at UVM. If it wasn't for the TAs I probably wouldn't have done well. She will stop lecture to single out a student whispering to the person next to them. Though she is clear in what she expects for papers, her requirements force you to write so much more than what she initially says in class.

Her lectures are incoherent and even she doesn't understand her assignments. She gives a ridiculous amount of readings and it's practically impossible to do all of it. She expects students to magically know what to do for assignments and does not post guidelines/criteria to follow for major assignments, & they are due almost every class period. 0/5

Get ready for your extremely typical freshman course. Expect surface level analyses and repetitive lectures. Each power point only has one or two new slides that weren't in previous classes. Attendance is graded but certainly not helpful.

I'm at a loss for words with this Professor. This woman spends at least 40 minutes of lecture talking about assignments because her instructions are completely all over the place and so specific on requirements it's almost psychotic. She really means well but her lectures are a complete waste of time, don't take a class with her unless you have to.

Prof. Shae is the most confusing, hard to follow professor I have ever had. While she seems like a nice enough lady, her lectures are terrible and you have to spend an absurd amount of time decoding her assignments. There are no clear outlines for assignments. This class is painful to get through and has been the worst experience I've had at UVM.

Lecture is literally just an hour plus of announcements. Every time. You will learn nothing from this course and will be required to follow extremely convoluted assignments that are simply busy work. She's too disorganized to ever be a good professor.

Professor Shea is hands down the worst professor I've had at UVM. I had her both as a prof and an advisor(PS she never learned my name). She is extremely disorganized and unclear about assignment instructions. Her lectures are pointless and you get nothing out of them but attendance/participation are mandatory. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASSES if possible.

This was the worst class I've taken at UVM. Prof Shea is incredibly disorganized, doesn't interact with or listen to students, and does not come to class with a clear plan. Her assignments are too complex for an intro class and she doesn't give us clear assignment outlines or the knowledge to complete them. This class was agonizing. DO NOT TAKE!

This was easily the worst class I have ever taken at UVM. EVERY class is spent explaining psychotically specific assignments. This class is actually infuriating and a complete waste of time which is upsetting because the subject is so interesting and has so much potential!

never, ever take a class with this woman. i have never been more stressed. the final assignment is the most convoluted, unexplained, disorganized crapshoot i;ve ever experienced. she REGULARLY just changes the requirements of an assignment AS SHE'S TEACHING THE LECUTRE ABOUT IT. very disorganized, very harsh grader, absolutely miserable experience

In all my years of being a student, Shea was the most painfully boring teacher I've ever had. If you ever wanted to have a teacher read word for word from a textbook in a monotone voice, this is the teacher for you!

This course was thoroughly dissapointing. It focuses a lot on the main project of the class, but somehow runs with very little focus on actual content. All of the instructions are unnecessarily complex, yet somehow explain nothing at the same time. If you're intersted in this topic, don't take this class with Prof. Shea- you will be let down.

Very little care for students,lack of relation, rambling lectures and amount of homework. Offers an online login for students, but you are punished for usage, essay goes over word count she will not read, homework req. not equal to to course, short papers are complex with numerous questions, nearly 10 pages long. Would not reccomend.

Think about sitting in terrible traffic, that feeling of being annoyed and inpatient that is how you will feel in class. Think about reading a book in a language you don't understand, that is how you will feel when you read the instructions for assignments in her class. She cannot for the life of her communicate concisely.

Professor Shea is very unorganized and does not prepare her students for success. Of the few assignments we have, they are extremely complex, lengthy, and do not come with clear instructions. For the amount of work we are given and the requirements of the prompts, her assignments are absolutely impossible. Don't take this class.

Excruciatingly boring. mandatory attendance is the only reason why anyone shows up. too much detail on how to write a paper instead of directing students to writing center. didnt learn anything. Kidder book was the only interesting aspect. even TAs were so done w her. didnt excuse my absence when I was stuck in Albany due to travel problems.

Professor Shea is nice but a dreadful professor. I want to pull out each of my eyebrow hairs during class.The mandatory intro class is redundant and unbearable, filled with irrelevant talk and announcements. She assumes her class is our sole focus, ignoring the reality of full-time students. Also, her reliance on her own book raises red flags.

I would change so many things about this course. Frustrating that two ten-page papers are worth the same % as two short(ish) quizzes. Impossible to miss class because attendance is taken, and lectures feel like the same information is being regurgitated and churned through a wheel, just felt painfully unproductive. Very convoluted assignments.

I struggled to understand the grading criteria for large projects, the set up of the assignment description was a mess, tons of jargon was used. I always felt like Prof Shea would use lots of unnecessary and confusing words to explain what should be a very simple concept, and that is also what she expected students to do for every assignment.

She seems to ramble endlessly about the assignments and adds so much detail in the directions that if feels impossible to even begin to write.The papers we have to write follow such a strict outline that I often had to find ways to tie in class materials even when they didn't fit

Professor Shea is unbearably intolerable to listen to as all 50 minutes of her lectures are spent on finding new ways to make a simple written assignment incredibly difficult. It is incredibly unfortunate that attendance is mandatory for this class, however, I was able to get around it some days by driving to the Perkins lot and clicking in there.

Lowkey one of the worst professors I have ever had. Her lectures are genuinely useless but she had mandatory attendence. The assignments she gives have confusing instructions and is rude when you inevitably get confused on an assignment. TAs are chill but they can only do so much

Her lectures are pretty interesting except she tends to go off topic on long tangents which makes it more difficult to focus. Quizzes are at-home and super easy. Worst part of this class is the actual assignments - instructions for the papers are so bulky sometimes are 12 pages long, and very structured. Don't take this class if you dont need to

Do not take this class unless you must. She has been getting the same bad feedback for 20+ years. We spent a ridiculous amount of time hearing her repeat convoluted instructions and explain bewildering rubrics for her assignments, and minimal time learning about global health by comparison. The only class I've ever dreaded attending.