As Instructor of Record for Abnormal Psychology (Spring 2017),  50 students

• She is enthusiastic about the topic and goes out of her way to help facilitate the students’ learning in the area.
• She is interested in the students and responsive to questions. She went out of her way to clarify areas students struggled with.
• Judith did a great job providing concrete examples of concepts. She made a great effort to make the material more applicable than just textbook reading.
• I loved how she would talk about her own experience with patients and would bring a lot of real-life examples into our lectures. For me, that made it very easy to understand, and I felt engaged in the course as a result.
• She is knowledgeable and wants us to learn the information. She’s happy to clarify anything, and provide examples.
• I think the powerpoints were very clear and helpful, and were filled well by Judith’s lecturing.
• I think Judith was engaging and genuinely wanted us to become knowledgeable and understanding about the subject material.
• I liked how she explained things, and broke them down when we did not understand them. She also did not respond negatively or in a frustrated manner to students’ questions.
• I liked that she is fairly articulate and tried to incorporate humor into the lecture.
• Very kind and open about sharing her experiences as a therapist to help us learn about psychopathology.
• It’s just the right amount of difficulty. It’s engaging & requires you to do work and learn without burying you.
• I liked that Judith is very approachable and easy to talk to if I have a question during or after class.
• She didn’t take herself too seriously, and had a lot of cool experiences to share to help our understanding of the material.
• I liked how engaged Judith was with the class, and how knowledgeable and passionate she was about the material. I also thought she did a good job with the lecture slides, for they were easy to follow.
• She is probably my favorite instructor I ever had, and I’m really sad she is not teaching longer. She is respectful and takes the time to fully answer questions any student may have. She is very easy to talk to, and makes the material enjoyable and interesting.
• Judith is very informed about the content she teaches us. She is a master at presenting the slides in a calm demeanor without being arrogant.
• Has good examples and is funny.
• She was motivated and cared a lot about the subject which is very important for a good instructor.

As Teaching Assistant for Abnormal Psychology (Spring 2016), 80 students

• Judith was great when she spoke during class. She was engaging and refreshing. She kept the material to interesting and was short, concise but elaborated well when need be.
• She is very knowledgeable about the material and was always open to help.
• Judith did a great job lecturing for a few of the classes. She had very interesting insights to the topics we covered.
• Judith only taught the lecture twice, but both times were very interesting. She used many stories and anecdotes to illustrate a point that helped me remember information for the exams.
• She was an engaging lecturer and clear in her teaching. Her stories about her practice were helpful for conceptualizing the course material as well.
• She was very engaging and her personal anecdotes were conducive to my understanding of certain topics. They provided further explanation and sometimes they were really fun. I was able to pay attention for the entire 1hr 15min lecture, and I never once lost interest. Her voice was loud and clear and she was very engaging.
• She was able to make her lectures more interesting by adding very personal examples and do more than just read powerpoints.
• She knows her stuff. Unlike most TAs she has a lot more experience and was able to provide information in a very interesting way with experience she has had.
• You are very good about being frank with us about the realities of these subjects. You were good about treating difficult material very openly and clearly, which made it less awkward than it could have been.
• Ms. Biesen was also very organized in her lectures and always seemed to really understand the material even though she was just guest lecturing. She seemed very engaged with the class and the material. I also liked her organized PowerPoints and use of media.
• Very animated and good stories to apply to material. Always willing to ask questions or clarify on something.