Joyce Mao
HIST
Joyce Mao might be the best professor at Middlebury. This class was alot of reading, but the syllabus was so well designed. the four hour block went by so quickly. We had one essay, a book review, two presentations. But most of this class is participation. This is my third class with Professor Mao and I hope to take another before I graduate.
Prof Mao is phenomenal. Three hour discussions are a brutal format for a class but if I had to take another one, I would certainly take it with her. Readings are intense but valuable, as you would expect for a 400 level class, and a prof Mao does an excellent job of facilitating genuinely interesting and insightful discussions
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and Joyce Mao is a wonderful professor. I loved the curation of readings she would give each week, although they were definitely in the 150-200 pages range each week. What I appreciated the most was the careful balance between diplomatic history throughout these time periods (looking at actual laws and directives) and the social backdrop informing and responding to these political developments. As an IGS major, I think a rigorous yet thoroughly stimulating historical analysis course like this is a must.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and Joyce Mao is a wonderful professor. I loved the curation of readings she would give each week, although they were definitely in the 150-200 pages range each week. What I appreciated the most was the careful balance between diplomatic history throughout these time periods (looking at actual laws an …Read more