Jennifer Mintzer Student Evaluation Comments

1. Some Sample Comments from Student Evaluations
(The scanned evaluations from which each quote came from are available
for review at www.jenmintzer.com/teaching-evaluations.html)
• "Oh my goodness! Where do I begin? This woman is absolutely fabulous.
She's a walking, talking encyclopedia of media culture. Her strength is that
she's extremely knowledgeable about the subject." - Spring 2008,
Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "[She] is well organized and always prepared. She even provides supplemental
readings and clips that are beneficial to our learning experience." - Spring
2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Very knowledgeable. Makes class interesting. Keeps people paying attention."
- Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "She is very knowledgeable about the subjects she teaches. I feel like I always
learn a great deal from her classes. I enjoy how the movies and videos
correspond well with the class." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the
Media, Pine Manor College
• "Very knowledgeable. Well read." - Spring 2008, Multicultural Images in the
Media, Pine Manor College
• "Encouraged class discussion and orchestrated that discussion well. Helped us
to understand by using personal experience." - Fall 2007, Children and the
Media, Pine Manor College
• "She gives the students the opportunity to share experiences relating to the
material covered in class. Her website is very convenient [and] helpful." -
Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Great professor. Great class. Loved it!" - Fall 2007, Children and the Media,
Pine Manor College
• "Very well organized, runs class smoothly, very understanding." - Fall 2007,
Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Very nice and professional." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "She was well prepared and has a lot of examples." - Fall 2007, Children and
the Media, Pine Manor College

2. 2
• "Welcomed our input. Funny. Knowledgeable." - Fall 2007, Children and the
Media, Pine Manor College
• "She provides really good information and our take home quizzes effectively
helped me learn." - Fall 2007, Children and the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "Always prepared. Goes through out of class material (coursework, quizzes,
etc.). Pleasant and easy approach. She does her job well." - Fall 2007,
Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Very understanding. I like her grading system." - Fall 2007, First Year
Seminar, Pine Manor College
• "She is a very good teacher. I am very happy I got to attend her class!" - Fall
2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
• "She is nice and she's a respectable teacher." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar,
Pine Manor College
• "She engages the class. She encourages productive discussion." - Fall 2007,
First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
• "Jen was very nice and a really good teacher." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar,
Pine Manor College
• "I love her grading system. It's very organized (online website). She gives her
assignments back in a timely fashion. She has a[n] organized lesson plan.
Gives a lot of info. on lessons." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine
Manor College
• "She has a great personality." - Fall 2007, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor
College
• "Her website is brilliant. Everything being online was so great. Much more
useful. As a student you knew where you stood in class and [with] graded
assignments. Everything about this class is insanely clear. No secrets or
hidden agendas. Everything online is the way it should all be." - Fall 2006,
Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "The strengths of the instructor is she is always ready to talk about real issues
each class." - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "You did good Jen! I learned a great deal in this class. I enjoyed every single
day of it!" - Fall 2006, Images of Women in the Media, Pine Manor College

3. 3
• "She is very informative and very pleasant." - Fall 2006, Images of Women in
the Media, Pine Manor College
• "She knows what she is talking about." - Fall 2006, The Art and Industry of
Film, Pine Manor College
• "Jen Mintzer is one of the best professors here at Pine Manor!" - Spring 2006,
Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "The instructor was very understanding to each person['s] personal needs. Also
she was very helpful with assignments." - Spring 2006, Multicultural
Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Always ready to work. She was great." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in
the Media, Pine Manor College
• "She is very well organized, especially in the way that she words the take-
home quizzes and assignments. It is also very clear that she takes a lot of
time outside of class to prepare lessons and handouts." - Spring 2006,
Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "The instructor is well prepared and organized. Always has classwork
connected to homework." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media,
Pine Manor College
• "She knows her material, all of it. She's very organized." - Spring 2006,
Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Jen was a great instructor that taught me a lot through her weekly quizzes and
in class films." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine
Manor College
• "Her teaching style is great." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media,
Pine Manor College
• "She had great material (videos, images) to share with the class. Very
informative." - Spring 2006, Multicultural Images in the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "She returns all assignments on time. And all information/material she uses is
relevant to the course. She is a great teacher!" - Spring 2006, Multicultural
Images in the Media, Pine Manor College
• "She is very easygoing." - Spring 2006, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor
College

4. 4
• "She is a very organized person. She gives us all the handouts in advance, she
covers details for assignments and explains to us what we have to do [for]
the assignments." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "I think that Jen's strengths would have to be the ability to understand where
her class is coming from. She gives us more than enough time to
complete assignments." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor
College
• "She is very personal with the class. Jen makes us feel like she is one of us,
but we as students understand that we are responsible to give Jen what is
expected of us. I like that. She uses Gradenetwork.com. I feel that every
professor should invest in this." - Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine
Manor College
• "She's cool. Gradenetwork[.com] really helps me to keep on top of my work. If
more professors did that program there [would] be more effort that goes
into people's work because they [would] know [their] grade." - Fall 2005,
Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
• "The strengths of the instructor is she is never boring. She keeps the class
participating in group conversations and the assignments are useful." -
Fall 2005, Children and the Media, Pine Manor College
• "Jennifer Mintzer is an excellent teacher because she is able to explain topics
with such clarity. She has a way of engaging the class at all times, for she
shares strong opinions and points to support her teachings, as well as
great visuals. Ms. Mintzer is constantly asking for opinions which allows
the class to stay involved. It is all very structured and extremely
professional. She also carries a nice atmosphere that allows one to
respect her. I think Jennifer has nothing improve, it seems that everything
is perfectly structured. Even her website is extremely helpful with our
class. She is doing an amazing job." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine
Manor College
• "She has a very good teaching style. She made the class fun." - Fall 2005, First
Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
• "I thought this was a fun and interesting class. I'm glad I took this class
because I learned a lot from it." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine
Manor College

5. 5
• "Jennifer Mintzer is a very precise professor. She lets you know how she wants
an assignment and when it is due. She motivates a person to 'think
outside the box,' broaden one's way of thinking and to explore new
things/ideas." - Fall 2005, First Year Seminar, Pine Manor College
• "She sits down and explains and helps students at all times, even on
Saturdays and Sundays. She's a great teacher." - Spring 2005, Digital
Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
• "Always willing to help and very encouraging." - Spring 2005, Digital
Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
• "She's encouraging and approachable. Readily makes herself available." -
Spring 2005, Digital Moviemaking, Pine Manor College
• "Fun class. Jen is creative and cool." - Spring 2005, Legal and Ethical Issues in
Mass Communication, Pine Manor College
• "She was great, always helpful." - Spring 2005, Writing and Marketing Scripts
and Screenplays, Pine Manor College
• "She's really nice and easy to talk to." - Spring 2005, Writing and Marketing
Scripts and Screenplays, Pine Manor College
• "I thought Jen was so cool. She knew what she was talking about and got us
all very involved in class discussions." - Fall 2004, Images of Women in
the Media, Pine Manor College
Other Student Feedback (not from evaluations):
• "I like the fact that Jen lets us, the students, comment freely when we feel the
urge. I also like Jen's [policy of] not deduct[ing] points from a student who
does not participate all the time. On some days, I like to listen to the
conversation of others and agree but do not feel in the mood to comment
for whatever reason. Another thing I like about Jen Mintzer is she does not
want to intimidate students, like most professors. The atmosphere that Jen
provides for the students is a comfortable one and I appreciate that." - Fall
2006, comment written on a Student Feedback Form, Pine Manor College
• "I think you are doing a great job so far by encouraging people to think for
themselves and not telling us what to think." - Fall 2006, comment written
on a Student Information Form, Pine Manor College

6. 6
• "From the first class I got the [sense] that you really know what [you're] talking
about and it looks like you truly enjoy teaching this class, so I [know] that it
[will] be a good semester." - Fall 2006, comment written on a Student
Information Form, Pine Manor College
• "Jen, you are seriously an awesome teacher - I appreciate your patience! Hope
to have another class with you!" - Spring 2003, comment written by a
student on a final exam for Introduction to Communications, Arcadia
University