"Very specific and targeted feedback. Professor really took the time to understand my essay and my argument."

"Comments and conferences were incredibly helpful not only for my development as a writer, but also in helping me to make progress in the course."

"Really fantastic course. I learned a lot from it, and I am a much better writer. I strongly recommend this writing seminar."

"Patrick is a great teacher and I enjoyed having him as my instructor in this course. His enthusiasm for the topic was great and he did a good job of picking readings which one could use to create an argument, despite the historical nature of the essays."

"The conferences were amazing. Almost all the times that I attended one, I got out having developed a better understanding of what I am writing about."

"Class was engaging and fun. Not too strict, but you also fostered an environment where it was easy to speak out loud."

"I came in with a lot of preconceptions about writing seminar, many of them negative. I ended up enjoying the class a lot and feeling a lot more confident about my writing."