Ruth Hardy

This class was okay. The first half of the semester was lecture and discussion based on the weekly reading, while the second half was recreating a senate floor and writing bills to be passed. This class project was mildly interesting but extremely repetitive and eventually got boring. She also failed to be clear about expectations with assignments and what needed to be turned in and when. I wouldn't really recommend this class.

This class was okay. The first half of the semester was lecture and discussion based on the weekly reading, while the second half was recreating a senate floor and writing bills to be passed. This class project was mildly interesting but extremely repetitive and eventually got boring. She also failed to be clear about expectations wi …Read more

I took this course out of personal interest but without much experience of public policy nor gender studies, and found the course challenging but enjoyable. The research part of the final policymaking project took a lot of time and confusion for me personally, but Sen. Hardy was really helpful when I went to her office hours. The class discussions could go somewhat more insightful and structured, and the quality of feedback one receives on their created policy for the final project is largely dependent on the engagement of their peers. Overall this is a great experience getting familiar with the policy making process at the state level, and the guest speakers invited to the class & the event opportunities were a real blast.

I took this course out of personal interest but without much experience of public policy nor gender studies, and found the course challenging but enjoyable. The research part of the final policymaking project took a lot of time and confusion for me personally, but Sen. Hardy was really helpful when I went to her office hours. The cla …Read more

We talked about interesting and relevant topics in this class. It was very project based, so we wrote our own bills and had a "mock" senate session to discuss them. Although it felt a little silly at times, the class was easy and interesting.