Matthew Dickinson

I was not given the tools to succeed in this course, nor was I given the opportunity for improvement/growth. Matthew Dickinson is more concerned with making niche movie references and letting people know he attended Harvard than displaying any genuine interest in Bureaucracy. It is unfortunate because the content is very relevant to our contemporary political context, but the lectures were dense and often confusing. There are weekly reading quizzes and Dickinson takes pride in the fact that the majority of the class fails them. However, you'll never know where your grade stands because Dickinson provides no feedback nor does he return midterms or quizzes.

I was not given the tools to succeed in this course, nor was I given the opportunity for improvement/growth. Matthew Dickinson is more concerned with making niche movie references and letting people know he attended Harvard than displaying any genuine interest in Bureaucracy. It is unfortunate because the content is very relevant to …Read more

Dickinson has lost whatever it is a teacher is supposed to have that makes them love it. He only lectures for the whole class time, and fair exams but is a bit of a tough grader because he nitpicks. The content of the class was kinda boring. The weekly quizzes are a pain and he asks such specific questions that only he would know since he has read the material many times. He also likes to make weird jokes. The class was challenging but I would not recommend at least not with Dickinson.

Dickinson has lost whatever it is a teacher is supposed to have that makes them love it. He only lectures for the whole class time, and fair exams but is a bit of a tough grader because he nitpicks. The content of the class was kinda boring. The weekly quizzes are a pain and he asks such specific questions that only he would know sin …Read more

I love Professor Dickinson as a teacher! He is engaging and extremely knowledgable. While there is a lot of reading, almost all of it helped tie the concepts together. There was a midterm, final exam, and choice between two papers.