Holly Allen

Holly Allen knows her stuff and her class can be incredibly interesting. Classes are all the same, do 1-4 readings the night before and fill out a discussion post (only 6 out of 24 possible required a sem). She will then lecture on the topics in the reading, calling upon those who filled out the discussion post. Sometimes the classes can seem long as it is largely lecture style, however if you are curious about the topic you find the lecture interesting. Holly knows what she is talking about and provides really insightful thoughts and ideas. She created her own website for the class where you will find all of the material. On this website you can also find a reading guide for each class she has created, this reading guide is just summarization of all the readings for the day and can be incredibly useful if you don't have the time to do the readings. All of the assigned papers are interesting and not long, she is not a harsh grader. I would take another one of her classes.

Holly Allen knows her stuff and her class can be incredibly interesting. Classes are all the same, do 1-4 readings the night before and fill out a discussion post (only 6 out of 24 possible required a sem). She will then lecture on the topics in the reading, calling upon those who filled out the discussion post. Sometimes the classes …Read more

Great and chill class. Constant readings on every class and professor is super accommodating. She was very effective on delivering the material and made us work in groups pretty often. There are a few papers and presentations you need to complete for the class but nothing too hard.

Holly Allen is a wonderful professor. She is so compassionate and every discussion we have in the course feels extremely meaningful. It was such an eye-opening course and really allows you to conceptualize American Studies through structured frameworks. I would 100% take this course and any course with Professor Allen again.