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He's really enthusiastic and engaging. He digresses a lot

the best course i've ever taken + the best teacher I've ever had

An absolute visionary. Will affect your life forever, if you listen closely.

Excellent teacher. Comments on papers v. helpful. returned stuff quickly

very smart. very hot

he's a GREAT prof. He's super cute and he wears funny ties!

amazing prof, his lectures were just packed with ideas

A very helpful and caring professor.

Awsome... very interesting and cool material... obsessed with Buffy

Totally inspiring!

Great. Caring. Inspiring

his ideas are awe-inspiring. he is skillfully shuffling the academic world into a place it fears to tread.

One of my favourite profs!Lectures are all over the place, but fun.Interested in students' take on theories he presents and very helfpul in office offers. Very friendly and caring, too. And so cute!!

super duper friendly and willing to help; but the course material is really difficult to understand and lectures are a little scattered, so take this class if you want a challenge; and gabbing about buffy rocked!

One Kick Butt duder! One of the best profs I've had. It's impossible to fall asleep in class because it's lively, fresh, and thick with thought provoking content. Fun humour, intelligence, and style. The type of prof you would make a movie about.

very competent. strangely insecure and constantly making oral citations to prove competence. a young prof who is now very good who will one day be very excellent.

the best prof i ever had.

great dramatizations and stories, also plays funny tapes

extremely helpful, extremely nice. will lend you books from his own collection. excellent for office hours. the nicest guy EVER. (he learned polish to impress his wife's family.) fascinating, free discussion. highly recommended!

He likes to sing in class - what more can you ask for?

The only reason I stayed in the course. He makes the lectures fun and although he can be abstract...he is definitely a great prof!

Most profs are either smart or funny, but McNeilly somehow manages to be both. Entertaining, informative, and encourages individual interests. Very creative and open. My favorite prof.

Think of having Robin Williams as your english prof and you'll get the general idea of how his classes flow. Fun course, great prof.

best prof ever. done. that's it. you will never regret taking one of his classes.

I never realised I could like Literary Theory. Having him as a prof even made me consider taking honours english (even though i hate reading..). Super super awesome prof. If you ever need to take an english course, TAKE IT WITH MCNEILLY!!!! :D

Kind, funny, sweet, smart, and engaging. He's so nice, and one of the few people at UBC who actually does cultural studies. If you're one of those people who needs to get your marked papers back within...say...2 months, you won't like him.

great lectures. funny and smart all at once. gets a bit hung up on greek and latin origins of words, and some background in basic philosophy REALLY helps. nice man, good times.

I came in late every day, but he didn't mind. Good prof, actually made lectures interesting, and reading included a comic book, (wrote on that on the final)Wrote final exam on first exam day, marks were released Jan 4=/ However, I'm really starting to wonder what it takes to get over 85 in English

Very funny guy, generated lots of interest in students of the material. Had a comic book as a course book, but way too long. Covered a bit too much latin words, and sometimes was unclear on what he was explaining. Overall, would be glad to be in his class again.

If you require spoon-fed linear thought with little substance than you will find prof McNeilly a challenge to say the least(see previous rating). With a little creative brain power the man will teach you more than any other prof in UBC english department. Brilliant, but not for the simple minded.

Kevin McNeilly ****IN RULES WOOOOO

The class is dry, but It's not McNeilly's fault. "Think Freire, think Heany, think Ngugi." Persepolis (comic book) and Supersize Me are the only elements that held my interst in the class. He's very knowledgable, pleasant, approachable. However, I didn't learn much at all. Glad I don't have to take ENG next year.

Reading list was interesting and diverse. Prof was enthusiastic but perhaps more intent on studying things which were of interest to him than of interest to the class. Don't expect to get an A without the effort that entails.

I loved this class!! Best first year prof I had, I always looked forward to the class b/c of the interesting topics (though some were DRY DRY DRY). It's his overall presentation of the material that made it fun. Great sense of humor, always trying to keep the class engaged, extremely receptive to questions and comments.

Class was enjoyable and relaxing. Texts were not hard to read and were given sufficiently time to read them. Overall, not a hard course and he's a nice prof.

Great prof. he's incredibly cool and allows you to think for yourself. I'll be taking him again for 409. He's into new mediums. he's a bit of a tough marker, but his class is worth it.

He picks decent texts to read, we had a bunch of short documentaries, which were quite interesting, a graphic novel (aka comic), picture biography book, a 200-page novel and a 400-page novel. He is a very happy easy going prof. I really enjoyed his class. Final was not hard.

he's not you rypical "mirror has two faces" english prof.

I can't understand all the negative comments. Easily the most entertaining lecturer I've had in four years at UBC. The material is difficult but I always looked forward to class.

Really helpful guy! He was always more than willing to meet with students outside of class hours to discuss assignments and offer suggestions for improving our writing. Also flexible with deadlines, though he certainly isn't the best at returning assignments in a timely fashion. Really enjoyed lectures too!

I LOVED this guy! He always kept a good mood for the class, you could tell he had real respect for the authors we read, he loves the course material, and offered a ton of insight that came in handy for the papers we wrote. Probably in my top 5 favorite professors in 3 years of college. Take his courses if you can!! Such a cool guy!

I didn't understand what I was supposed to learn in this class. He seemed like a nice guy and was sometimes engaging but most of the time I zoned him out. Lectures were boring! The books were decent though. Persepolis was awesome. And he ALWAYS went past 50 minutes which was really annoying.

If you like theory, you will like McNeilly. If you hate theory, you will hate and not get McNeilly. He is a completely fair marker, and is very willing to help students out who show an interest. Go to class, you might learn something. If you don't go to class you'll start to drown (this stuff isn't easy to learn on your own).

This man is my favourite person in the world. Very dedicated, understanding, and knowledgeable. Great teacher, great guy.

Very dedicated and understanding professor. Put in the effort and it will return to you tenfold. Always encouraged me to push further in my analysis of course material; he wants his students to succeed in this course. Lectures and seminars were always interesting, always worth showing up for. A pleasure to listen to.

An awesome guy - really into pop culture (brought a buffy puppet to class and let us analyze youtube covers of 'call me maybe'). Is a bit of a late marker, but very loose with deadlines as a result. Takes a genuine interest in his students, if you go to office hours you will learn a lot! If you get the chance to be in one of his classes DO.

Really nice guy, very passionate about what he's teaching. Not a fan of most of the material, though.

Professor McNeilly is probably the nicest prof at UBC. He is very passionate about what he teaches and makes class interesting for everyone. Lots of laughs and is very expressive. He is extremely helpful and approachable, and tries his best to help you out. Class is not mandatory and you can still do well if you produce good essays.

Obviously knows his stuff and lectures are always interesting, never repetitive albeit can veer off track at times. Got a great sense of humour, witty, approachable, and understanding.

Lectures are the best. His grasp on the material and his ability to engage students in discussion was impressive. Always available for help, wants you to do well. Definitely one of the best profs I've ever had. Only drawback was that it took him ages to mark... It's been a month and I haven't gotten my final mark back yet.

He was one of my favourite professors at UBC till now. His way opening us to concepts that are so useful in textual as well as literary analysis is exceptional. His way of bringing things out of the box and having us analyze that, was really cool.

Kevin is very inspirational and knowledgeable, however sometimes his grading criteria is unclear and many of my friends were frustrated that he is scatterbrained and nonspecific. Personally I really enjoyed his class, however if you generally struggle in English or writing... I would stay clear of this class.

Kevin was such a great prof! Although he did take a while to get our marked papers back to us, he genuinely cares about his students and their well-being. He's really understanding with deadlines and very approachable. Really smart guy, and was able to teach the material really well, and was obviously passionate about it!

It's hard to review him because his classes are some of the best at UBC, he's such a nice guy, and his reading list is amazing. But he's also incredibly disorganized, which can make it difficult to do well despite fairly lenient marking. Overall he's a good choice if English is your strength, but if it's not I would proceed with caution.

Dr. McNeilly is a super understanding prof. Great for first-year classes. He can get a little off-topic in lectures, but as long as you understand the general point of the lecture then you are good to go. Most importantly make sure you do all of the readings that he has assigned. If you're decent at English then this course is definitely for you.

His lectures are entertaining, although they are often quite ambiguous.

Very interesting course with materials that flowed smoothly throughout the term. All female authors and combined discussion of a number of topics such as sexism, homophobia, transphobia and racism into the lectures briefly as well. Around 7 essays total in this course including the final exam.

Dr. McNeilly is one, if not the, best professor I've had here at UBC. I highly encourage everyone to take his classes; they're an eyeopener to new media literature and general literature analysis. He also genuinely cares about his students, feel free to reach out to him! He does not have any tests usually, but mainly papers.

Kevin is really engaging in lectures and is always open to helping his students improve. His grading was fair for the level of this course, but we have only gotten one assignment (out of several we have done) by the time the final reflection essay was due, so we do not have a good estimate of our grades. He does not respond to emails.