To date I have been the instructor of record for two courses, one each in the fall of 2017 (Urban Geography) and spring of 2018 (Political Geography). I am currently in the midst of my third semester as an instructor of record. In addition, I have had extensive experience as a TA for various courses (6). The numerical reviews for my first two semester of instruction are included at the link below, along with similar figures for USF as a whole and for the College of Arts and Sciences. A summary of other relevant figures is included below. Finally, please scroll down to read a selection of comments from students in each of my class sections.
Urban Geography, Fall 2017:
Political Geography, Spring 2018:
[The comments below reflect the anonymous opinions of students, gleaned from both formal end-of-semester and informal mid-semester evaluations.]
“Great professor who does a great job at educating while making the class worth attending. Keep doing what you’re doing!”
- Student in Political Geography, Spring 2018
“Awesome, 10/10 would recommend.”
- Student in Political Geography, Spring 2018
“Very informative and interesting course!”
- Student in Urban Geography, Fall 2017
“I enjoy that there is often class discussion and thought provoking questions. The material is often theoretical and (the instructor does) a good job explaining abstract topics.”
- Student in Political Geography, Spring 2018
“Mr. Martyn was very enjoyable to have as an instructor, and his use of examples that are geographically close to us really helped in learning the topics. I would have to say he is probably one of the best instructors within the School of Geosciences and makes sure you understand the material. Powerpoints and presentation of the material are very informative.”
- Student in Urban Geography, Fall 2017
“I have really enjoyed the class. I think the information presented has been really interesting and related really well to today. I think the class is put together really well.”
- Student in Political Geography, Spring 2018
“Very easy to understand and taught me a lot of new content. Great teacher, very intelligent, able to communicate absorbed information very effectively.”
- Student in Urban Geography, Fall 2017
“You’ve taken a complicated topic and made it easy to understand.”
- Student in Political Geography, Spring 2018