she is a horrible teacher and is unwilling to help anyone.it is impossible to get above a c in her class but she never tells you what u do wrong. she grades one whether or not she likes you so if u want to do well u better be a suck up. She is very rude and i dont think she should be a teacher because she isnt willing to help. i dont recommend her!

She is an absolutely horrible teacher and she never tells you what you are doing wrong. Take this class and you will be ****ed

Very poor teacher,very rude,gives busy work so she will not have to teach, when asked to help was told she was busy!!!DON'T RECOMMEND

I'm telling you--- DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. You may think you're good at writing, but she will tell you otherwise in her unfair grading of papers. You are unlikely to get above a C on any of your papers, and she doesn't tell you how to fix it. You have to waste your time reading books and failing papers. It will ruin your GPA.

Not only was I a straight A student in English prior to attending this class but even when i worked my ass off on a paper I got a C. It doesn't matter what you do. If you're a guy you are done.

THIS IS THE WORST TEACHER WHO EVER CAME TO CAL. DO NOT TAKE HER. She is horrible and it is impossible to get a good grade. She is unreal.

Absolutely terrible teacher. If you are her favorite student you'll do absolutely crystal in her class. Love to put C's and D's on test. You'll never get any higher. Loves rolling her eyes at you and making you feel like an idiot. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!!!!!!

Brings your GPA down, not helpful, horrible professor

Brings your GPA down, not helpful, horrible professor. As a senior, I've never received anything lower than a B in my college career. On her midterm, I received a low D. I would drop her class, but I need it to graduate. She is the type of professor that isn't there to help you succeed. Worst professor I've ever had. No structure to her class.

Worst teacher ever. Never comes to class even though she has an extremely strict attendance policy. Doesn't explain and gives bad grades. GPA killer. DO NOT TAKE THIS WOMAN. how she is employed I will never know

Don't take this class. Worst professor at CALU. If you actually want to learn something for what you play for college go to another class. GPA killer. Never comes to class. Needs to be fired.

She is very unhelpful, and does not grade fairly.

She is a terrible professor. Worst ever. Doesn't care about the students at all. She does not respond to emails. Doesn't care to meet with her students. Never stays on topic. She sucks.

What I learned from Dr. McCullough / ENG217... If you are not one of her "favorites" You will not pass, I have had my papers reviewed by professors in my department before turning in, and receive nothing higher than a D- and failed one for the margins being off by .04 inches. my adviser, ADVISED ME TO DROP THE CLASS! she will murder your GPA

She was rude and unprepared. She ordered the books late to the books store and had unrealistic expectations. How she has a job as an educator is beyond me!

This woman is definitely the worst professor I have ever had. She seems like a good person but she should not be an educator. She misses class a lot but has a strict attendance policy. It seems like she doesn't read the papers and gives C's on them(does not make marks/notes on your paper before returning it). Very unorganized. Very condescending.

She's not the nicest person.

Gives you D on papers you take to the writing center and have graduate students read over lol.

She was not the nicest person to me. Never wanted to meet with me outside of class, and completely ignored me the whole semester. She failed me on her midterm because of my political viewpoints lied saying I dont pay attention. Yet, my notebook was near full. She called off class 11 times I had her and also lied about why she did cancel.

Ive been at Cal for 2 years now. I would say Karen is by far the worst professor Ive had yet. She is very unorganized and skips class despite her having a strict attendance policy. She is very politically biased and says rude things about republicans. She harassed me for simply wearing a trump hat and refusing to take it off. Dont take her.

One of the worst classes I have taken. If you don't know how to write a perfect paper you will probably receive something along the lines of a C. She does not actually grade, takes 2 months to get papers back to you and just attaches an evaluation sheet. It is mandatory to be there, but she cancels at least once a week. HIGHLY AVOID IF POSSIBLE.

Very hard class, wasnt easy to talk to the professor and when I did she made me cry and told me I needed to get it together but I was there for help? Shes very rude and not understanding. Also grades so ridiculously and Doesnt tell you what your doing wrong.

Please dont take her she displayes favoritism in class dont show clearly what you did wrong and expects you to know always cancels has a policy of you come late after class time she shuts the door at exactly 10 oclock not sick day allowed not allowed to use the bathrooms

She doesnt give good feedback on papers and doesnt make it easy to reach out to her to discuss your grade. She is unfair in the classroom and is not there to help her students succeed. Would not ever recommend to any students.

She cancels class A TON and gives you very short notice if any. Then she expects you to sit in her empty classroom and complete an assignment that is due by the end of class and then deliver it to her mailbox. She never makes it clear on what is graded and what isn't. She also doesn't put any grades online. DON'T take her! You won't learn anything.

Never ever ever have I encountered a teacher, professor or "professional" as disgustingly rude as Dr. McCullough. Every class i watch her as she insults students intelligence and is incredibly disrespectful. She cancels class CONSTANTLY and blames the students when behind. I have never had issues but i see it all the time. NEVER TAKE HER CLASS

I will never understand how anyone including herself can call her a professional. She is VERY unclear when grading papers and expects you to write like youre a scholar. She is VERY rude and at one point she mocked me for being unsure of my answer to her question. She cancels class every week and expects you to keep up while providing no help.

She cancels once a week yet expecta you to always be there. Also, she never collects her busy work and expects A's on your essays. Overall a terrible experience from a terrible teacher.

TERRIBLE PROFESSOR! SHE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HER STUDENTS AND DO NOT EXPECT FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENTS. SHE THINKS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE JUST LIKE HER. SHE GRADES EVERYTHING SUPER HARD AND EXPECTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND HER!

Does not respond to emails, when asking if anyone has questions she ends the zoom meeting if someone starts to speak, and she grades too intensely for a freshman level class. i do not recommend her for any class. i have never gotten a C before in my life until i had her class. spends more than half of the semester on commas.

The worst professor ever. She would assign classwork & wouldnt grade them till the semester was over. She never put grades in on D2L, so you dont know how youre doing in her class. If you think you wrote a essay and it deserves a B, if too many people essays were B worthy, she will bump yours to a C.

The whole class grade is based on 4 papers and class work, however, she grades papers very harshly and not how anyone could expect. We wrote the last 2 papers during the last 3 weeks of the semester and I dont think she ever graded mine. Avoid her if you can

She is the most unprofessional, rude, inconsiderate professor I have ever met in my life. CALU is worse than any community college at any given time but this was probably the worst professor out of all the ones Ive had even though her class is easy, she doesnt grade the papers till late and will call you out in class and make an example of you ��

Avoid her if you can, the credits aren't even worth it.

Received a poor grade in her despite perfect grammar and understanding of the books we were assigned. My understanding is that this was purely based on the fact I expressed criticism towards some of the books she chose during our discussions. I didn't choose her, she was chosen for me as one of my freshman classes. If you can, avoid her for comp.