Anonymous GEOG 200 Students in Spring 2026: 

"Seth created and engaging and educational classroom environment that made learning about the topics at hand worthwhile and enjoyable. His teaching style is very interactive and he utilizes a variety of educational materials that make his lectures interesting. I really enjoyed his class!"

"I really enjoyed your down-to-earth teaching style, which made you seem well-versed in what you were teaching but also approachable. You were very considerate of restrictions I had when taking this course, and your knowledge and passion on every course topic made the class really stand out. As well, your activity in and around the Knoxville area made it easier to associate course concepts into real-world situations."

"Seth Kannarr is a great teacher, who you can tell is really passionate about what he teaches. The class schedule was super efficient and easy to follow along. Great teaching style, and everything was super organized."

"Seth is an awesome teacher. Made complex topics easy to understand and kept his bias out of the content. 10/10"

Anonymous GEOG 345 Students in Fall 2025: 

"Seth was so supportive, loved the environment he created in class, it was easy to go to him for help/ accommodations, and I enjoyed the assignments. I will miss this class when the semester is over."

"I really enjoyed Seth. He always came to class prepared and with a nice energy. He made learning the content enjoyable and interesting."

"I like Seth quite a bit, as I feel he's very down to earth and easy to communicate with. I don't feel intimidated by him and know that he values my input in class, as he does with all students. He's passionate about what he does."

"The class was great. I really enjoyed how much content we went over and the versatility of the content. All provided assignments were engaging and fun to complete. Overall I would absolutely take this class again!"

Anonymous GEOG 200 Students in Spring 2024: 

"Seth is great at keeping the class engaged and entertained. He's more than willing to clarify if needed and take the time to help. He's clearly passionate about parks and environmental issues so he keeps each lecture interesting. He also really listens to us as students to continually make our classroom experience better which not a lot of teachers care about doing."

"I think the strengths that I noticed from this semester is being able to relate to the students. I think many discussions, videos, jokes, related well to the students and current issues/politics. I also think a strength was pace, I really liked the pace of the lectures and it was easy to take in the material and jot down valuable notes."

"Seth was such a fun and enthusiastic teacher to have. You could tell from day one he was passionate about national parks and brought the enthusiasm to every class. This was also the most organized class I've ever been in. ... It made it really easy to stay on top of things and remember what we talked about."

"Seth!!!! He has been one of my FAVORITE instructors this semester. His classes were very enjoyable and I always learned something new in each one. Additionally, he was always easy to reach out to and talk about anything involving National Parks or any related subjects. I'm going to miss not having him as an instructor."

Anonymous GEOG 200 Students in Fall 2023: 

"I will come away from GEOG 200 with the knowledge that I have taken a course with the best geography instructor at the university. Seth is incredible instructor, and its even more impressive that he does this while being a student! I have nothing but good things to take away from this course, and I want every instructor I have to be like Seth."

"I learned that being open-minded is skill that allows you to have deeper and more meaningful conversations. Without these authentic conversations, we as society will not be able to solve not only environmental issues, but many other issues affected humans directly."

"The lectures, assignments, and quizzes were very well organized which help with overall course management. It was nice to be able to keep the template in my mind and know what was planned for every class session, instead of scrolling though a syllabus and inaccurate course schedules."

"He made sure that we knew how broad geography actually expands and helped guide students to look at the world through a spatial lens. Another thing he did that was great in comparison to other classes I've taken is that not only did he tell us about the issues in these parks, whether caused by humans or nature, but he also showed the efforts to help the issues in National Parks to show that there can be a brighter side to every issue."

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