Ian Barrow

I took this course in first-year seminar format. Professor Barrow is one of the kindest and most genuine professors I've met so far. He really cares about his students and is excellent at understanding how different people function then modifying his behavior around them to best provide support. The variety of sources we used in the course - novels, films, short stories, songs, paintings, photographs - provided me with a solid understanding of World War II and opened my eyes to perspectives that I hadn't thought of before. Your grade is based on three essays, two presentations, and participation. The essays are required to be written with different media as sources (i.e. one novel, one film, one of your choosing); one presentation is with a group and one is solo. Overall, I highly recommend any course with Professor Barrow.

I took this course in first-year seminar format. Professor Barrow is one of the kindest and most genuine professors I've met so far. He really cares about his students and is excellent at understanding how different people function then modifying his behavior around them to best provide support. The variety of sources we used in the …Read more

I really enjoyed this class. Ian Barrow is a thoughtful professor and was very engaging. There were many readings and each class was almost all discussion based on those readings. Grades were based on the three papers written throughout the semester, how often and how thoughtful your additions to discussions were, and how well you presented material in two presentations that we had to give. Time consuming when there was a paper due and you had pretty much only a week to write it, but pretty chill the other weeks.

I really enjoyed this class. Ian Barrow is a thoughtful professor and was very engaging. There were many readings and each class was almost all discussion based on those readings. Grades were based on the three papers written throughout the semester, how often and how thoughtful your additions to discussions were, and how well you pr …Read more

Ian Barrow is the most genuine professor I've had at Middlebury. Because the class is seminar based, Professor Barrow does an amazing job of facilitating the conversation... so the 3 hours are definitely bearable. I wasn't a super big history buff going into the class, but being surrounded by people who were really enhanced my learning experience. You will have 3 papers and 2 presentations, but they're all doable based on the amount of reading you do. Overall great class and would 100% recommend taking a class with Professor Barrow!

Ian Barrow is the most genuine professor I've had at Middlebury. Because the class is seminar based, Professor Barrow does an amazing job of facilitating the conversation... so the 3 hours are definitely bearable. I wasn't a super big history buff going into the class, but being surrounded by people who were really enhanced my learni …Read more