Quotes from Student Evaluations:
“Professor Shaw has a personality that makes class so much more engaging. He understands media and writing in relevance to current events and ideas. He cares as much about you as a person as he does a student. Professor Shaw never let anything get him down and provided us with the best resources possible. I felt like my writing always got better from his feedback. Professor Shaw has a very bright future as an instructor and I am so thankful to have had him during such a difficult semester. I have not found many professor that are able to be so knowledgeable of their topic, Professor Shaw knows the in’s and out’s of writing like no other. I am so impressed and strive to be more like him.”
– 2020
“Professor Shaw was literally one of the best professors I have ever had. He teaches with such a passion and such consideration for others that it is more of a learning experience instead of a chore. He really cares about his students and offers plenty of extra help. He gave the best feedback on my papers that I have ever had and I wish all teachers were like him!”
– 2020
“You can tell Professor Shaw is really passionate and has a lot of knowledge surrounding the course material, which helps students mirror his enthusiasm and be invested in learning. Prof. Shaw created really meaningful discussions in our zoom lectures and always took what a student was saying and helped expand their ideas so more students could comment in an open–ended way. He also provided a lot of feedback on every assignment we did and interacted with our discussion posts which I loved because it helped me improve my work and to see the films or readings in a new perspective.”
– 2020
“Zack went above and beyond and was an excellent teacher. I always felt open to asking him questions in and out of class. Even a short e–mail would often be met with a lengthy, thoughtful response that showed he was listening and concerned with the topic at hand. He is an excellent writer and gave very useful feedback. I’m typically very nervous and uncertain when participating in a webcam class, but Zack had an air of openness and non–judgement that gave me a place to give thoughts even if they weren’t fully developed. I would recommend him to anyone and would gladly take another class from him.”
– 2020
“Mr. Shaw was very enthusiastic about the course material, which made class engaging. He was always very helpful and easy to reach if I ever had any questions, and he always gave feedback that helped me learn how to make my writing more effective. I zoomed with him once to ask how I could improve my writing, and he gave me helpful feedback to learn from. Also, we just had a nice chat about film, which really made me want to perform better in the class too.”
– 2020
“Mr. Shaw knew the subject extremely well and was able to thoroughly convey what he knew in a way for us to learn. He was very organized in and outside of class meetings. It was clear before each class meeting on zoom that he was prepared with a schedule down to the last minute of class time to ensure that we were using the most of our time to learn and discuss. He structured the class in the best way for our learning, connecting each week with the previous in order to keep the overall class subject connected.”
– 2020
“Professor Shaw is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the course, which is contagious! He provides constructive feedback and responds to emails and assignments very quickly which I appreciated. He is also very understanding and clearly wants his students to succeed and enjoy the course. Also thank you for always sending weekly recaps and updates to the zoom sessions!”
– 2020
“Zack was very attentive to students’ needs, always available to help, and very knowledgeable about the subject matter. He was very warm and always invited questions from students. He encouraged creativity and made the class interesting for everyone.
– 2019