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True, in a year or two she will be an even more amazing prof. The course material is great and I really recommend professor Lowrey.

Really her exams aren't based on tricky 'trivia' in any way. You would, however, agree with the comment below if you don't go to class or pay attention. By the way, she teaches Anthro 230 not 250. How about that for trivia! Her lecture should be longer because it's ALL sparkle and substance.

A really good prof. She gives the students alot of credit and allows plenty of class discussion (practically unheard of in other classes of this size). Provides a wide variety of articles that touch on themes that can be applied to other courses. As a bonus--she's hot.

I agree with the positive comments about Professor Lowrey, her tests are quite easy if you come to class and review a tiny bit. Obviously the folks who wrote bad things about her got bad grades on their midterms. She does need a bit more practice teaching though, however she is getting better as the semester progresses. And she is quite hot.

Overall Dr. Lowrey is a fantastic professor, especially for her first year. I like the fact that she had a review class before the midterm and final. She was always organized despite the technical problems with the microphone. Her notes were clear and concise. I really enjoyed her class and wish her the best.

Kathleen is super nice and is very approachable. I would recommend anyone to take a class with her.

Dr. Lowrey was an awesome prof. She actually got me interested in economics. I thoought I hated it, but now it's not so bad! She was very sympathetic to our workload, but not a pushover. Awesome class!

Dr. Lowrey is a great prof, especially considering that it is her first year teaching. She presented the material in a fun way, and took genuine interest in her students [i.e. student introductions in class of 200+]. I learned a lot more in this class than I thought I would, and now have a greater interest in the field of anthropology.

She was a good prof for her first year teaching. I learned many interesting things that also applied to other classes I was taking at the same time. I highly recommned her and this class.

She talked about lots of interesting things. Great class and a great prof.

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Attendance is mandatory, and all her classes are "lectures" so mind you, she does not have notes, just lots of readings, but she is extremely clear and intelligent, and has a lot to say. She shows extreme love and passion for what she does.

An absolutely incredible prof. I took her 230 class and I didn't care for her teaching style, but it was a huge class in TL. Take a class with her of a more normal size...and she will amaze you. She is so passionate and really knows what she is talking about. By far the best prof I've had in my uni. career. Her lectures inspire you. Smart woman.

Professor Lowrey navigates the topic of New Social Movements in an interesting and compelling manner. This class was fun and having graduate students in it helped with the class discussions. If you don't like sitting in circles talking, then this isn't for you.

I think it's the structure of this class that causes some people to hate it. (Smaller) class discussions would probably help a lot. The papers weren't too bad, except for fitting them onto two pages. This probably isn't the class to take if you're a science major...

She is an excellent professors - incredibly intelligent and focuses on very diverse topics (from everyday technology to virtual worlds). That being said, this is very much an anthropology class and science students taking it as an arts credit should keep this in mind.

Fantastic - it doesn't even matter if you're interested in the topic, Kathleen will make it interesting and relevant. Be prepared to do a lot of reading and writing, but it feels worth it at the end. Her courses cover a wide range of material but are well-structured and always tie together at the end. Highly recommend.

I've taken 2 classes with her and both were great. You definitely DO have to read the articles, but most were atleast somewhat interesting. She knows her stuff and keeps the class really intersting. The papers are short and pretty easy if you've attended class.

Good prof. She knows her material very well and really cares that students do well. There is a ton of reading for this class and it is very much required to get by. Does a nice job of covering a ton of interesting subjects and fitting in some great films. She also loves to use the word "Groovy" which can make a fun counting game in class.

Dr. Lowrey is passionate about her work, and an amazing prof. She is helpful when help is needed, and her sense of humour is awesome :) I did not do many readings for any of the three classes I had her for, and I got B+'s in all of them!

I don't know why Dr. Lowrey's reviews are so mixed. I know that the material for this course was kind of difficult, but she explained things extremely well and was not a difficult marker. She has a great personality and really cares about her work. I really enjoyed her class (more than I would have expected)

I was really impressed with Prof. Lowrey. She is hilarious and is very well spoken. A really smart women but doesnt let that get in the way of giving good grades and being supportive. Highly recommend her classes!

Great professor! Incredibly intelligent and very helpful with the material. I would recommend her to any Anthro student.

Excellent prof. Approachable and funny. She took a class that I thought would be boring and made it really interesting. Take her classes if you get a chance!

She's funny, super-intelligent, articulate, easy-going, and quirky. An unorthodox, small class with lots of fun discussions. Lots to read, some tough articles to understand, but overall a fun subject. I recommend this teacher highly! No textbook - all articles on hold in libraryonline.

She's straight-up brilliant. She's funny, and engaging, and incredibly kind. She's a complete inspiration. The content of her classes is fascinating, but just listening to her speak is like an entirely different lesson - she's so incredibly articulate, her lectures are not only on the material being covered, but are lessons on how to communicate.

I would recommend Economic Anthr

I took Social Movements with her last year. She is one of my favourite profs since then! Very passionate about topics, helpful, friendly. I really recommend her classes!

Professor Lowrey is kind, quirky and gives really good lectures on a big variety of topics. You have to attend classes because she doesn't post much online. Amount of readings and assignments was fair. She explains the readings well so even if you don't understand them, attend lectures and you'll be fine.

I loved coming to this class, and was sad when I missed it! One of my favourite teachers! I found her quirky and inspirational. There were a lot of readings but they related well to the lectures. She also went over the readings well enough so you understood it even if you didn't read it. (BONUS)!

I absolutely loved her class, the subject material is interesting and she's very clear on what you need to know foe the tests. You have to go to class because she only posts the slides for vital lectures, but even then the slide are minimalist; you need to write your own notes. Test are non-cumulative (Yay!) and 25% is a presentation you do.

I love Dr. Lowrey and am taking another class with her next semester. Amazing lectures, lots of stories to help us understand the concepts, not much homrwork. The only down part is that she doesn't like to post slides show (but you can record her lecture). It was a bit hard for me to keep up since there's so much information in her lecture.

I'm not an ANTHR major, but ANTHR 207 with Dr. Lowrey was easily my favourite course this semester. She is hilarious, intelligent, well-spoken, and makes every lecture entertaining and easy to understand. The midterm and final are extremely easy as long as you attend the lectures and complete the readings. Loved the structure of the course as well!

Dr. Lowrey is one of my favourite Profs at the U of A. She is hilarious, witty, and just an overall solid professor. She is quirky, caring and intelligent and it makes the class interesting and fun. The layout of this class was new to me but was nice because we didn't have a final. Take her if you can!!

She recognizes that most people in this course are just taking it for extra credit or to see if they like anthro, and she teaches it amazingly for that purpose. There was no final and we didn't have to write any papers; there were just tests at the end of each unit.

She is a great prof. She is a beauty because she doesn't make you buy any textbooks, all the readings are available for free online. However, some of these readings are really long.

Dr. Lowrey is an awesome prof!! Her lectures are interesting and she makes sure to break down the readings so that you understand them. Multiple choice midterm and final with small seminar assignment, overall pretty easy.

Dr. Kathleen Lowrey is a great instructor who really cares about her students. She wants everyone to succeed and seemingly isn't concerned with making difficult exams for everyone. She would rather have everyone understand intro sociocultural anthro and make it fun for everyone involved. Take her if you have a chance!!

Great prof, easy class! She is awesome and you won't regret taking such an easy anthro elective either.

she is a great professor and made classes very fun to attend! she breaks down the main points she wants you to get from the readings during the lecture but doesn't really post notes. she also posts all the readings so no need to buy anything! this was a very interesting class and not hard at all if you attend the lectures! loved this class

Dr. Lowrey is awesome, she tries not to make the class test heavy and her lectures are always fun and interesting. You watch a lot of documentaries in this class. Most of the test questions are either straight from the lecture or just definitions from the textbook and if a bunch of people got a question wrong she just takes it off the exam.

Great prof, great class, interesting material.

Dr. Lowrey is an awesome prof. She encourages many views to be discussed in class as diversity of opinion is encouraged. Her material is real interesting. She gave me confidence to express my view when other profs at UA just forced me to parrot back what they say even when I dont agree. It taught me to think for myself not just repeat the prof

Professor Lowrey has definitely been one of my favourite profs. Tons of readings and small assignments which were overwhelming at times but most of the readings were interesting and she doesn't grade super tough. Her lectures were brilliant!!

Dr. Lowrey is a great lecturer, although sometimes she is confusing on grading criteria. There's 4 unit test and no writing assignment which is great. Super passionate and engaging and I would definitely take her again.

I appreciated how she formatted her class for online school. It took some pressure off. Her grading was sometimes unclear and difficult but generally decent.

Kathleen was a very passionate professor and cared a lot about what she was teaching which made her lectures interesting. Her exams were fairly easy if you looked through the material a few times. However if you want to get an A in the course you will need to take notes during lectures as well as reading the assigned textbook chapters.

Professor Lowrey gives really good feedback on some assignments and others are more about figuring it out yourself, but all in all provides the resources for you to be successful. This class was pretty heavy on the readings but Professor Lowrey was easy to talk to and has so much insight on the topics

Kathleen has been my favourite prof in the anthro department so far. She's super kind if you need any clarification about things and in my experience she's really good at making the more esoteric topics clear. She's critical of many of anthropology's orthodoxies and in a way that promotes a kind of epistemic reconstruction (I like this a lot).

Overall, Professor Lowrey is amazing for anthro 101. Her online exams are timed, usually one question/minute (open book). The textbook chapters are very important for exams, as lecture material does not go over all the topics in detail. Downside is that each chapter is quite long. Fair amount of reading

Professor Lowery is an excellent prof. She is very passionate about the subject and it makes the class really fun. If you show interest in the class she gets really excited. the reading isn't mandatory however it is extremely helpful. if you want to do good show up and pay attention

Solid. She is very passionate about the material, and that makes her lectures relatively engaging. Her tests are straightforward if you stay up with lectures/readings. Overall, it was an interesting course and she seems very knowledgeable on most of the topics. But beware, do not ask questions about the syllabus.

I really enjoyed her class and the lectures she presented. Dr. Lowrey's class had inspired me to become an anthropology major. You do need a textbook for this class and it is important to attend all the lectures to do well on the tests. I would definitely take more classes with her!

I would recommend taking this class,the prof is funny and the workload isn't a lot. You have to get the textbook because she bases her midterms on said textbook. There isn't a way to boost your grade since there are only 3 midterms (multiple choice) and the final. Attendance not mandatory but I would only recommend to not skip many classes.

Professor Lowrey was an amazing prof. She was enthusiastic and passionate about what she was teaching. She goes above and beyond to help with anything that she can help with. The only complaint I have about this course was that there was only 4 tests and nothing else to be graded on. Overall I would easily take another class with Dr. Lowrey!

Professor Lowrey is passionate about her work. Her Anthropology of Women's course was eye opening and informative. Many ideas she proposed are ones I will take with me for life. I would recommend this class to anyone interested in women's work and the shift of women's role through history. She's respectful of various points of view in her class

Professor Lowrey is clearly passionate in what she teaches which make the lectures easy to get through. Course content is generally interesting and straightforward if you keep up with lectures. Textbook is super long and dry but mandatory as many exam questions are based on it. Overall a good class to take for an elective

4 tests total if I can recall from last semester and she posts little practice tests before each one. The textbook is in the syllabus but you do not need it really, even she barely uses it, just a few little parts from it. Only thing is that she presents with slides and 50% of the time reads it directly, just not my style of learning.

I do not have a bad word to say about her! She is awesome, funny, does her best to make intro anthro very interesting. Straight forward tests, will meet with you if you have any questions, straight from slides. You don't need the textbook but I found it helped me extra. Subject is a little dry, but I 10/10 recommend her.

Prof. Lowrey is super funny and engaging. Shes a great prof and understands it's a 100 level intro course. 4 unit tests and that's all. Her slideshows are pretty bad tho

She was the most amazing professor!! This class has in class essays which were straight forward on the material covered and then we had a group presentation which we created the rubric for!! She explained things in a way that made sense, the readings connected together well and overall she is just a fantastic human being. She is NOT a hard marker!!

Slides can be disorganized, so it is useful to attend lectures. Lectures are easy to follow and very interesting! Quite test-heavy, but a very fair grader.