Worst professor ever. Ever.

She was one of the most biased teachers that I ever had. Im sorry but the classroom is not your forum to bash the president every class period... material was also very unclear and not adequately represented on the tests

To be fair I didn't take an entire semester with her, but this is only because she came off incredibly brash and abrasive the first week--especially for an intro course.

The first day of class she talked about how she wanted to be addressed in emails with the words "Professor Kadera" in them, and would not respond to anything else such as Mrs. or Ms. Kadera.Has awkward methods of grading such as the possiblility of disputed grades being lowered more, and the fact that she will only bump a limitedamount of students.

She was very difficult to follow!

I would not suggest taking a class with this teacher. She is not clear and her tests are too specific. She is controlling (the thing about how to address her in an email is true). Things must be done her way...no room for the student to "think for themselves." I have a 3.5 GPA and squeaked by with a C in her class...tests are too specific...

This teacher really sucks. She has all her own "integrated" theories which she doesn't explain well because she assumes that you already know what she's talking about. It's an intro level course and she ruins the awesome topic of International Relations

no fun, uninspiring, a load of crap, depressing, dragged on for hours, ta sucked, boo, poo, worked hard but probably still won't pass. don't take if you don't need to. absolutely terrible.

WORST. TEACHER. EVER. Before her class i was interested in international studies and now i'm completely turned off and will never take a international relations class again. She talks incredibly fast, is impossible to understand, and makes references no one understands.

the class and professor make me want to kill myself. She so bad she tells us to read the textbook along with the class but then uses different terms and examples and basically everything different from the textbook. SO WHY ARE WE USING IT? Her tests are impossible and she wonders why the class average on them is a 61%. Most unfair prof. I ever had

I was a Political Science major going into this class, hoping to learn a little more about what is currently going on Internationally. I learned nothing, and I'm not a political science minor because of this woman. Worst professor I've ever had. I've got a 43% on the test average right now, and I'm above class average.

She jumps from one material to another so it is extremely hard to follow her lecture. Exams and papers are way too much for lower level course. Avoid her at all cost.

worst teacher ever

Horrible professor. Asks about extremely arbitrary things on tests. She says read the textbook, but honestly you have to know the random things that she decides. Do not take this class.

Not helpful, off subject in lecture. I would not recommend this class, especially for a gen ed. It could be interesting, but this professor is horribly boring.

Professor knows her stuff but chooses not to share with class in an easy and understanding way. Off topic in lecture, tests are sporadic and the class is overall confusing. Do not recommend with her.

Shes nothing but an arrogant airhead. She loves listening to herself talk and acts surprised when no one follows the lecture.

Her lectures were incredibly specific and too advanced for an introductory class. She would wonder why no one was understand anything and the concepts were uninteresting in the way she presented them. She doesn't seem to care about the intro class at all. Is only in it for her own research.

TESTS are HARD! Not enough time to answers questions. Questions are irrelevant to anything, they are random, and there's no way anyone would know the correct answer. Don't take this class.

She will unleash the beast if she catches you with ANY technology in your hand. Most difficult class I have ever experienced. Professor seems as though she hates her life and likes to take it out on innocent students. Lecture slides are irrelevant and she talks too quick to catch anything. DROP THIS CLASS ASAP.

Terrible class over all. Ive never had a professor worse than her. She will freak out at anyone using technology. She has borderline abusive behavior towards students who dont follow her rules. Im not sure how she was able to teach at a college level. Her tests had nothing to do with lectures. Very hard to get a good grade.

Skips classes, says it is good to have a professor who does things besides teach. TAs do the lecture instead. Scolds you in person for not staying to hear the TAs lecture. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

Easily one of the worst professors I've ever encountered. Disrespectful & inconsiderate of her students. Didn't see an ounce of care whatsoever. On top of that, all assignments were always entered into the system wrong, causing lack of submissions. Furthermore: -Random due dates EVERYWHERE -Changing weight w/out notification -No info on slides BAD

I am taking this as a gen ed course so this class has nothing to do with my major I thought this was suppose to be an intro class but it is the exact opposite of that the lectures are extremely hard to follow along with I never missed a lecture and I am still confused all of the time TAs never know whats going on but thank god for extra credit

lectures were always extremely confusing, and the TAs never had any idea what was going on. she's horrible at teaching and will call out students in the middle of class for using technology. (if caught she makes you write a paper) i will be avoiding anything she teaches from now on.

Kelly Kadera is the worst professor Ive had. She changed the due date for our outline of our paper, peer review and final paper MULTIPLE times and didnt update ICON to record online when the new due date was. She didnt understand the third party grading system so it was crashing and we couldnt submit our papers, and WE were penalized.

STAY AWAY. This class is the worst class I've ever taken in my entire life. Not only is Kelly a demon in the body of an old white woman, but she prides herself in terrorizing her students. She skipped class several times, changed the due dates without telling anyone on ICON, and yelled at students for using technology. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Words fail me as I attempt to describe this woman. Not only did she undermine, ostracize, and condemn students who used technology (some of us have ADHD and can't taken handwritten notes, Kelly), but she changed her ICON due dates several times throughout the course. I have two words if you are thinking about taking this class: STAY AWAY.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. This was the worst ran class ever. Professor missed class for I believe 3 and a half week. TAs were absolutely not helpful. Thought this was gonna be an intro class ITS NOT AT ALL. Disregard almost all reviews your TA or main ideas in lecture. Because when the exams come around gonna look almost nothing like it. STAY AWAY.

Class is very unorganized. Prof was not there a third of the time. When she was there, the demeaning tone makes it hard to listen. Tests are on random points.

Kelly was the least pleasant professor I have ever known in my college career. She was rude and talked down to her students. I will pray for anyones mental health who takes her courses. She will break your soul since she has none. Try to avoid her classes at any cost.

class is hard for no good reason. kadera talks about whatever interests her, which is not always related to the exams. the hostile environment that kadera creates does not help either. Constantly feels like someone is going to get yelled at.

Just dropped this class. Prof does not allow any tech and is way too intense about it. Lectures do not make much sense and it seems like Kadera does not care that we do not understand. Waiting for someone else to teach this.

If you are a non PS major taking this for a Gen Ed (STAY AWAY). I was able to thankfully drop this class before the exam. Kadera did not prepare us for at all with and having TAs who don't know what is going on this class is a cluster you know what. If you're in this class get out before its too late and if you are thinking about enrolling don't.

Not an intro class, this is a class for people who already know a lot about international politics. Prof was actually much better when we went all online. funny how a bad in person lecturer is much better when they have to record the lecture. If its online, it may not be that bad. If its in person, avoid and take something else

Prof makes this the worst experience possible. Lectures and discussion are unorganized. This is not a hard class but it is a miserable experience.

Too hard for an intro course. Tests are on obscure things. Not sure the point of my discussion section most of the time.

Not sure what the point of this course is. Not sure what we were supposed to get out of sections. Tests are often on small points in the lecture and readings. Instructor is not very responsive.

War & Film was hands down the worst class I have taken at Iowa. Kelly is the worst teacher I've had at Iowa. This class was amazingly bad. This class is a political grab where you learn nothing about war in film but rather the gender, sex, and racism in films. You watch saving private ryan and then discuss gender sex and racism?? Awful class.

This was one of the worst classes I've taken at Iowa. The lectures and discussions don't match up. The exams never correlated with what we learned in lectures. The class material set up is also terrible.

This class was rough. I went to every lecture and discussion for 2/3 of the semester and still got a C in this class. The lectures don't correlate to the discussion or test at all. Very obscure exams and barely any points in the gradebook. 1/10 class.

Where do I begin. Do not take a class from her. Her lectures are so incredibly scatterbrained with no helpful information on her slides. Her review slides for exams are quite literally the most useless thing. She posts 170 slides worth of just WORDS not even definitions, so they don't help at all. And her exams are on prior knowledge. SO bad.

Lectures provide no information and exams are based on prior knowledge.

You can tell that she is pretty smart and well-respected in her field, but she has absolutely zero clue on how to actually teach a course. The exams in intro to international relations (emphasis on intro) have almost nothing to do with course content (quizlet will be your best friend and even then is barely enough for a B).

Exams are extremely hard

I would highly recommend trying to take another class. I took as a gen ed and it was the biggest waste of my time as well as dropping my GPA a lot. She is not helpful and the quizzes are so hard for no reason, you cant even look things up. I don't know anyone who did well. Take another class.

She is bad at putting grades in and when she finally does there are no notes on why you missed points. Exams are VERY specific to the movies and readings and she has them set up to where when you move on from a question, you can't go back. Participation is easy but that doesn't make up for the lack of direction in other places.

Kelly Kadera is the worst professor I have ever had. I was dealing with personal issues and had accommodations that gave me leeway on assignments. She refused to grant leniency as I was dealing with my issues and disrespected and disregarded my disabilities and the situation I was dealing with. If you have to take a class with her, don't.

Professor Kadera is horrible. Her lectures are all over the place and genuinely teaches you nothing. For an introductory course, it is very difficult. Most of the material on the exams is not covered in the readings or lectures. Your grade depends on 3 exams, a presentation, and a paper. I would not recommend this class or her to anyone.

Prof Kadera is an intelligent mind but that does not convey good teaching skill, she had a habit of rambling about less important things and discussion did not follow lecture. Exams were hard, based on prior knowledge. Study guides had 150+ slides of nothing. Grading based on TA competence. Vague rubrics and graded harshly. Take another gen-ed.

I hated this class. It was not all that hard because exams were open note and there wasn't much homework, but the TAs graded really tough on the paper and other assignments. I showed up to every single discussion and got points off my final grade for attendance. Professor Kadera also has a clear agenda that she tries to push on her students.