The last comment was really unfair. Professor Simmons is awesome. She's funny, articulate and knowledgeable. What more do we want?

Professor Simmons is a terrific role model. She's really fun and makes a boring class interesting. Take anything you can with this prof.

Shes dynamic and exciting. I enjoyed all her classes. I hope all my proffs are like her.

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very energetic and friendly prof, really knows her stuff and is passionate about teaching it

Prof Simmons is one of my favourites so far. I wish I had discovered her earlier on in my Guelph career. She has a great attitude, she's always clear in her thoughts, and very helpful. Take her classes if you can.

Fun teacher, a little poor at managing time, but that made my allnighter a bit easier.

Chip on her shoulder? It sounds like you've got the chip on your shoulder! (see below) She's really enthusiastic and helps you outside of class too. Made the course fun and you learn alot too.

Prof Simmons made me want to change my major so that I can take more POLS courses - take anything you can with her

What an amazing prof. She is enthusiastic and tries her best to make the classes interesting. Who would have thought talking about jurisdiction boundaries and the constitution would have been so much fun?!

Prof Simmons is a really interesting prof and she's really bubbly and lively. Her final is kind of tough, though.

Shes sooo helpful outside of class really cares about what happens to her students when they graduate.

Coming into university I had no interest in politics, I took one course from her and that changed, this woman brings the soap opera out of Canadian politics and actually makes them exciting! She is the best teacher/professor I have ever had and I completely recommend her to anyone!

she's funny and she makes the subject as interesting as possible.

Awesome prof and program.

Goes out on a limb for students. Maybe suffers from burnout at times, probably due to students taking advantage of her availabilty and patience.

An awesome teacher, and does let the students take advantage of her... needs to be more firm! haha, but overall she made politics really enjoyable and fun!

insanely easy, really nice prof, helpful, class notes are very clear I didn't read the book, everything comes off her lectures as much as she says study the book, wrong don't do it, study the lecture slides!

Engaging, high level of energy, interesting, definitely worth taking a course with.

Loved this class. Can't wait to take more with this professor. She's really clear and very helpful during office hours.

Even though I wasn't interested in POLS, I really liked this class and never missed a lecture. She made it fun!

Awesome prof! Canadian politics can be dull but her passion for the subject makes her lectures worth attending. Very easy marker for essays; final was tougher but still fair. Highly recommended!

She is a super friendly professor. I found her fairly easy in first year courses but demands much more out of senior students. Third and fourth year students should be prepared to work hard to obtain a good grade in her classes. Go to her office hours to gain a better insight, super accomodating.

Be prepared to work. Readings will be mandatory and the assignments are fairly difficult unless you have a firm grasp on the course material

I LOVE HER. She is so understanding. She is amazing. She gave our whole class an additional 20% on our midterms, she pushed back the essay due date a week, and she put all weight on the exam for anyone who did badly on the midterm. Also, she is SO CUTE. HER LAUGH GIVES ME HOPE. SHE LOVES FISCAL FEDERALISM. I just love her. She is perfect.

The kindest prof and person. She is so understanding, she treats her students with respect, and she will help you if she asks. In her fourth year seminars she is more relaxed with due dates and guidelines which allows you to take your time, absorb the content, and do well. Take her course! She should be getting paid millions!

Honestly, best professor Ive ever had. Going to her office hours quite often, I can say that she really does care about helping you. She will go out of her way to steer you in the right direction. She accommodates with deadlines and marks. I've had so many personal conversations with her as well, she's an amazing professor as well as person.

She actually cares about student's mental health.. She lets you hand in things when you can instead of choosing a set due date in 4th year classes. Amazing. Seriously helped me out so many times over the years in my undergrad.

Professor Simmons is a great professor. Her lectures are interesting and she always supplements the lecture with relevant video clips. She incorporates contemporary issues and news articles as well. She does a great job of offering several ideological perspectives and is not biased in her instruction (not all poli sci profs can say that)

Professor Simmons is an enthusiastic and understanding prof. We did a simulation of a First Ministers Conference and it has been the highlight of my undergrad assignments so far. Really creative way to learn! You've got to attend lectures, though. Reading the textbook isn't anywhere close to enough to do well in this class.

Professor Simmons cares a lot about her students. Great Prof!

Loved Professor Simmons so much. She was so caring and understanding when I had my concussion. Gave me as much time as I needed for the written assignment and quiz. Easy A if you read the material and participate in the discussions. Im a first year and took this course expecting it to be way worse. She was a great Prof

People are saying her online courses weren't great, but profs don't have control over the format. I took her in person 2300 and it was very clear. She even has bubbles on her slides which track where she is in the lecture. A lot of indigenous content. But she kept it interesting. She's a very fair marker. She is really there for students.

Prof Simmons really cares about her students. Totally approachable and makes the content actually interesting. Very fair. lectures are entertaining

This was a mandatory course for me. I wasn't into the content, but shes really enthusiastic and makes you want to know more. Assessmens are mostly on lecture content, so go to class.

Simmons is a really good professor and a very kind person. While her lectures are engaging and amusing at times, this course is without a doubt the most boring and uninteresting course that I have taken. If you're considering taking it as an elective, don't. The final paper is also tedious and takes a lot of time to do.

Super kind, does not like people leaving class or talking in class. Very interesting lectures and super accommodating if you need anything.

Professor Simmons is kind and very thoughtful. She can be disorganized at times but she is always willing to help students out and she is generous with her time.

Dr. Simmons is a kind prof with engaging lectures, can get a bit off track but related to current political events which makes the class more interesting! By far one of the most useful classes I have taken in my degree. Midterms were difficult, but with a fairly healthy curve and lots of free marks through participation.

I found this class really easy, and the instructor makes it interesting. She's open to other people's views but she'll make you question why you believe what you believe. If you come to class, and are engaged in the world around you, you'll do well.

Prof Simmons was supportive of first year students in her class and there are a lot. She's really helpful in office hours and when you go to her classes its a lot of basic information about politics in Canada. She's not teaching next year but for sure I will look to take her fourth year course when I get there.

Lots of ways to boost your grade and she curved the tests. There's a lot of indigenous stuff. Really approachable outside of class.

If you come to class you'll be fine. If you don't you won't. Like don't assume you'll pass by reading the textbook. Tests mostly on lectures. She's really enthusiastic about what she does.

A lot of her lectures are heavily based on the reading but are supplemented by her own information. Lectures were organized fine, and I would not really consider them rambles. She did lean a little too hard into memes. I do not really know exactly why someone complained about favouritism. She had some political bias but literally everyone does lol