Sample student evaluations (ratings from most recent year available)
Economic Analysis (Instructor, Summer 2015, Summer 2016)
Rating of Instructor: 4.0/4.0 (n=14)
Rating of Course: 4.0/4.0 (n=14)
The assignments really reflect what we are learning and help make concepts clearer.
Melanie is a wonderful instructor. She has mastered the ability of making the content relevant to everyone in the room regardless of their academic interest. The course content is engaging and pushes the students to reason past the textbook examples and relate the content to their personal lives.
Melanie knew what she was talking about and genuinely seemed to enjoy teaching the concepts which helped make them more interesting to learn.
Incredibly dedicated to her work, conveys deep understanding of abstract concepts, and was always engaged in student understanding and welfare. It was an absolute pleasure being one of Melanie's students this summer.
Melanie is a fantastic professor. She covered the materials clearly, thoroughly, and patiently. Her sense of humor and easy-going manner put the class at ease and made it an enjoyable experience.
Applied Economic Analysis (TA, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Rating of TA: 4.0/4.0 (n=60)
Melanie takes the extra time to make sure we really understand the material in a way that helps make economics intuitive instead of esoteric.
Melanie is so wonderful! She is patient and available and ensures that you fully understand concepts. She explains subjects with clarity. Further, the recitations were excellent and fully complemented our homeworks, which made everything more understandable and manageable. Completely wonderful and will be an excellent professor of a subject that is not intuitive to many students. Thank you!
Melanie by far was the best TA for the course. Her ability to rephrase and explain things in layman terms was unmatched and made her a great instructor.
Recitations were VERY helpful, especially right before exams. The pace was fantastic and it was amazing to see Melanie answer every question that came at her. She was able to come up with examples on the spot and they were always pertinent. Over all, fantastic TA.
Melanie is the prized jewel in the Heinz TA world. She inspires her students to love economics, and also teaches the information in a very easy way to comprehend. I wish all TAs had Melanie's superpowers.
Quite honestly the best TA I've ever encountered. She's extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter and she can clearly convey ideas to the layperson.
Financial Analysis (TA, Spring 2013, Spring 2014)
Rating of TA: 4.8/5.0 (n=70)
Melanie was the best TA for this class. She was able to help students to understand concepts by applying her own narrative during the recitations.
Melanie was a great lecturer. Made her class more enthusiastic.
Melanie is awesome and explains things in a way I can relate to and understand.