Dianne Singerman - American University

Professor: Dianne Singerman
Department: Political Science
College: American University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Worst professor I have had at American. Condescending and self-righteous, Singerman is an intelligent professor who does not know how to teach a class. At least most professors who don't create a comprehensive lesson plan are easy-going and personable, Singerman is none of these things. Do not take.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She's not a teacher, at best she's a discussion moderator. I don't think she's updated her PowerPoints in years. Her lectures are disorganized, like she's just throwing out what she remembers. During discussions, she writes random words on the board. Her tests are weird - you can skip out on large sections of material and still pass.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Echoing all the other reviews, her PowerPoints make no sense, computers aren't allowed, and she doesn't really teach. Like she'll ask a vague question, critique every answer as wrong, never give you an answer to it, and then write keywords on the board. Just confusing and a very weird teaching style. Also: does not answer questions well
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Singerman is clearly knowledgeable about her field, but her lack of coherent lectures and complicated slides make it almost impossible to understand anything of what she says.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She does know how to teach a class. Her lectures are all over the place and her slides are impossible to follow. The prompts for her essays make no sense, and she does not provide us with enough time during in-class exams. We were also expected to read 6 books in their entirety, which is just unreasonable as a full-time student. Don't take her.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is such a nice person... Unfortunately, she has no idea how to teach this class. Her lectures are completely incomprehensible. Also, this is not comparative politics. This is the history of Africa and Egypt. I felt totally unprepared for either of the exams.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: GOV130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I would not recommend this professor. It's not that she's not well intentioned. She just cannot convey the material. She simply cannot teach. The only thing I have been able to understand in this class so far is that she believe it is really important to be clear, when conveying ideas in a paper. I'm pretty sure the irony still escapes her.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: GOV130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She really is not as bad as people say that she is. Yes there is a lot of reading but all of the texts are extremely interesting. It's not a true comp. politics class but the texts of rwanda and egypt are really interesting. The class is easy, the midterms and finals are very fairly graded and if you go to office hours, you'll do well. Take singerm
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: GOV130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Kind and very knowledgeable on Egypt and the Middle East but completely incapable of teaching. Does not plan for class whatsoever - simply sits down and randomly discuses what comes to mind and expects the class to come up with brilliant insights on the reading without any structure or substantial lecturing. Lightly touches on ideas, no depth.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She grades papers decently. She grades midterms/finals easily. However, this class is not Comparative Politics, it's Nationalism, Genocide, and Egypt. This class is boring and her teaching style is completely disorganized with random words on the board. If you need an organized teacher, don't take her! Also, she calls on people and then rudely interrupts them.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Holy crap. Do not take this class unless the other option is dropping out of college. There are six books for a one hundred level and she legit uses all of them. She goes on useless tangents so there's so much information you actually explode. Avoid her at all costs. She doesn't care about your opinion. At all.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
In a class on Comparative Politics, the primary focus was on African genocide. No exaggeration, there are 6 books for a 100-level class. Singerman doesn't think ahead and all of her lectures relate back to her Doctorate thesis. Don't take Comp.Pol with her unless you're an Africanist.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT396
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Super helpful! I didn't know anything about the Middle East before her class and lots of people in the class had a higher knowledge base but she was super understanding about the range of knowledge about the ME in her class. She is a fair grader, gives great lectures and great books for her class. Very nice but make sure you start your papers early
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very disorganized Prof. Lost the midterm exams of 8-9 students. Came off as condescending and somewhat uninterested in topics other than the Middle East. Also, she butchered the pronunciation of Spanish words... (Zocalo = Zuccalow?).. Very easy, It is possible to read very little and do well in the class.. I don't suggest taking her.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT235
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is really disorganized and is not a good teacher. She is a nice person, but she actually made me disinterested in the material that would otherwise be of interest to me. She also expects you to read the books very quickly, which makes the whole class incomprehensible, confusing, and boring.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT396
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Singerman is one of the nicest professors at AU. She definitely knows a lot about the Middle East so take her classes that have to do with this region.Go to her office hours, she is fun to talk to about anything. Expect to read a lot, some of the selections are not great. I deepened my interest in the region and overall her class was very enjoyable
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
HORRIBLE. Class had nothing to do with comparative politics at ALL. instead we spent the entire semester learning about the history of genocide. The final project was a website project on genocide, and she changed the requirements and due dates by email almost every day. Avoid at all costs!
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: JLS200G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Singerman always lets everyone voice their opinion and is not too strict as far as what needs to be accomplished in a day. I find her to be approachable and intelligent, though she does go off on tangents from time to time. Overall I found her class interesting enough to not want to skip it... almost ever. Good grader. Highly recommend for GenED
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
We did not do anything that other comparative politics classes did, our focus was on genocide. Her tests aren't too bad if you follow the notes and the final class project wasn't bad. She's not very clear about assignments and she sometimes thinks hers is the only class you're in. Not bad if you don't going into it expecting a comp pol class.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: GOVT130G
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
We did not learn anything about comparative politics, instead all we did was learn about genocide. Her course is unorganized and expects way too much out of us. the class really was not fun, mostly because of the teacher.
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