Erin Sassin

Professor Sassin was great! Her lectures were interesting and the class was well organized. She made me excited about the material; I kept noticing different architectural styles around campus/over the summer! The homework load was manageable. Make sure not to procrastinate too much on the annotated bibliography project - the research takes a while!

This was one of my favorite courses I've taken at Middlebury. Professor Sassin was such an enthusiastic lecturer and I loved the material that we learned about. The exams were pretty writing heavy though but definitely manageable.

I was worried about this course when I signed up because Prof. Sassin was teaching it as a once a week, three-hour class at the time, but it was great! Prof. Sassin led engaging discussions, and selected an interesting mix of readings and examples to discuss in class. The class is pretty reading-heavy. Much of the work was for our final research project/paper, so make sure you set yourself up with a good topic with lots of sources or it will be much harder. I really enjoyed this class and would definitely take another course with Prof. Sassin, she was flexible about deadlines and a very fair/generous grader. She was also happy to meet to go over anything I was confused about or needed more feedback on. She is clearly so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the subject matter. This counted towards my art history minor, but I would recommend it to anyone who likes a reading/writing-based class.

I was worried about this course when I signed up because Prof. Sassin was teaching it as a once a week, three-hour class at the time, but it was great! Prof. Sassin led engaging discussions, and selected an interesting mix of readings and examples to discuss in class. The class is pretty reading-heavy. Much of the work was for our fi …Read more