04.25.11
San Jose State University’s David Mease Named Top Rated Professor
Brigham Young University, Florida State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison lead the Site’s First – Ever University Rankings
RateMyProfessors.com, the largest online destination for professor ratings, released its annual lists ranking the highest rated college professors and universities based on student’s ratings from the site. San Jose State University’s David Mease, a business professor,is ranked “Best University Professor,” followed by Dr. Kimora, a criminal justice professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Kateryna Schray an English professors at Marshall University. New this year, the top 25 Universities were chosen not only based on professor ratings, but also campus ratings. Of that list, Brigham Young University boasts the highest rated, followed by Florida State Universityand University of Wisconsin - Madison.
As tuition costs and economic concerns continue to create hardships for families across the country, for the second year in a row, RateMyProfessors.com ranked the highest rated junior and community college professors and colleges. The top three community colleges were once again in warm-weather states with California schools taking the top two spots with Fullerton College andSanta Rosa Junior College, ranking first and second respectively, andValencia Community College in Floridaranking third. The highest rated community college professor this year is Margie Lewkowicz, a mathematics teacher from Georgia Perimeter College in Georgia.
“The annual RateMyProfessors.com lists shine a light on a handful of the amazing educators in colleges and universities around the country who are challenging students to be the very best they can be.” said Carlo DiMarco, Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Campus Programs for mtvU. “The ratings often reflect instances where students were inspired and motivated by their professors in a way they never expected. Those professors need to be recognized.”
For the first time ever, the list includes University rankings, which is based on professor and campus ratings. In previous years, top Universities were based solely on professor ratings. Students determined campus ratings based on reputation, location, career opportunities, school library, campus grounds and common areas, internet speed on campus, campus food, clubs and events, social activities and whether or not the student is happy with their decision to attend the school.
Students posting on RateMyProfessors.com praised this year’s highest ranked University Professor, David Mease of San Jose State University, stating that he is, “…the epitome of what every college professor should be like,” and commenting on his lecture style, students said that “He is so amazingly organized and well prepared” and “He is crystal clear and answers your questions w/ great detail.” A student from the Georgia Perimeter Collegeposted the following about highest-ranked community college professor Margie Lewkowicz’s math class, “She is such a great teacher. Very passionate about what she teaches...undoubtedly one of the best prof I've ever had...highly recommended.”
Ten previously unranked professors topped the annual “Hottest Professors” list, with Daniel Gutstein, a creative writing teacher at George Washington University in D.C. snagging the number one spot. Aside from being “hot,” one student commented on RateMyProfessors.com, “He gave me more time than any other professor and I made lasting changes in the way I wrote and read.” Dr. Jean-Marie Dauplaise, an English professor at the University of Wisconsin - Stout, was ranked second, with one RateMyProfessors.com reviewer commenting, “Dr. D is the greatest prof the world has ever seen. Intelligent, insightful, hilarious, and did I mention HOT!” Anna Marie Hibble, an English professor at San Francisco State University ranked third, with one student stating, “Her corrections on papers are very helpful, and will make you a better writer even when you think you are already good enough.”
The 2010-2011 RateMyProfessors.com Rankings include:
Top 25 Highest Ranked Universities
1. Brigham Young University
2. Florida State University
3. University of Wisconsin – Madison
4. University of Michigan
5. University of Georgia
6. University of California – Berkeley
7. Iowa State University
8. James Madison University
9. Ohio State University
10. Brigham Young University – Idaho
11. Northeastern University
12. University of Florida
13. Georgetown University
14. University of North Carolina Wilmington
15. Auburn University
16. College of Charleston
17. University of Northern Iowa
18. University of San Diego
19. East Carolina University
20. University of California Santa Barbara
21. College of William and Mary
22. University of South Carolina
23. Penn State – University Park
24. Texas Christian University
25. Clemson University
Top 25 Rated Professors at the Universities
1. David Mease, Business, San Jose State University
2. Dr. Kimora, Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3. Kateryna Schray, English, Marshall University
4. Melinda Shoemaker, Psychology, Broward College
5. Stephen Pennell, Mathematics, University of Massachusetts – Lowell
6. Susan Croll-Kali, Psychology, Queens College
7. James O’Keefe, Criminal Justice, St. John’s University
8. Melissa Bush, Chemistry, University of North Florida
9. Tony Smith, Communication, St. Petersburg College
10. Todd Schoepflin, Criminal Justice, Niagara University
11. Susan Young, Mathematics, University of Akron
12. Jimmy Anderson, Health Science, Macon State College
13. Evelyn McClave, English, California State University Northridge
14. Howard Peter Steeves, Philosophy, DePaul University
15. James White, Music, Penn State – Altoona
16. Monica Zima, Computer Science, Miami Dade College
17. Mike Morrison, History, Purdue University
18. Dara Byrne, Speech, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
19. Gerard Callanan, Business, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
20. Dale Burnside, Biology, Lenior- Rhyne University
21. Soha Abdeljaber, Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
22. Lea Ramsdell, Languages, Towson University
23. Michallene McDaniel, Social Science, Gainesville State College
24. Joseph Biel, Art, California State University Fullerton
25. Tom Gufrey, Chemistry, California State University Long Beach
Top 25 Highest Ranked Junior Colleges
1. Fullerton College
2. Santa Rosa Junior College
3. Valencia Community College
4. Brookdale Community College
5. Moraine Valley Community College
6. Santa Monica College
7. Tulsa Community College
8. Long Beach City College
9. Pasadena City College
10. Moorpark College
11. Collin County Community College
12. Orange Coast College
13. Harper College
14. El Camino College
15. Chaffey College
16. Clark College
17. College of DuPage
18. Georgia Perimeter College
19. Sinclair Community College
20. Houston Community College
21. Portland Community College
22. Palomar College
23. American River College
24. Middlesex County College
25. Borough of Manhattan Community College
Top 25 Rated Professors at the Junior Colleges
1. Margie Lewkowicz, Mathematics, Georgia Perimeter College
2. Michael Woodrow, Criminal Justice, Brookdale Community College
3. Joseph Lempicki, Psychology, Henry Ford Community College
4. Diana Gray, Physical Ed, San Jacinto College: Central Campus
5. Michelle Pedrini, Languages, Pasadena City College
6. William Johnson, Communication, Normandale Community College
7. Christine Vasquez, English, Brookdale Community
8. Ikuko Tomita, Japanese, Foothill College
9. Diane Pirtle, Sociology, Cerritos College
10. Don Turney, Psychology, Bakersfield College
11. Nicholas Irons, Criminal Justice, County College of Morris
12. Michael Semenoff, Mathematics, El Camino College
13. Ron Smith, Biology, Mercer County Community College
14. Karen Watson, Mathematics, Cypress College
15. Amber Brock, Humanities, Tallahassee Community College
16. Lynne Vasquez – Rizzo, Mathematics, Ocean County College
17. Jack Gill, Mathematics, El Camino College
18. Margaret Bolton, Biology, College of Southern Maryland
19. Kristy Loesener, Health Science, El Camino College
20. Annette Keddington, Psychology, San Diego City College
21. Lawrie Gardner, Accounting, Anne Arundel Community College
22. Michael Farris, Psychology, Rio Hondo College
23. Jerry Dye, Psychology, Georgia Perimeter College
24. Melissa Pedone, Mathematics, Valencia Community College
25. Leigh Burrill, English, West Valley College
Top 10 Hottest Professors
1. Daniel Gutstien, Creative Writing, George Washington University
2. Dr. Jean-Marie Dauplaise, English, University of Wisconsin – Stout
3. Anna Marie Hibble, English, San Francisco State University
4. Lesley Yoder, Languages, Boston University
5. Eric Robertson, Communication, San Diego State University
6. William Alderman, Business, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
7. Tim Ridenour, Mathematics, University of California Riverside
8. Danius Remeza, Literature, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
9. Thomas Randolph Beard, Economics, Auburn University
10. Tu Ngo, Mathematics, American River College
RateMyProfessors.com, which is owned and operated by MTV’s college network, mtvU, is built for college students, by college students. The site consists entirely of student-generated ratings of current or former professors. Each year RateMyProfessors.com’s annual rankings capture the highest rated college professors and faculties on the site. In 2010, the site experienced nearly 20 percent growth in unique visitors, year over year. Additionally, out of the 10 million student comments already on the site, over 1.4 million comments were generated in 2010 alone.
RateMyProfessors.com Top Lists Ranking Methodology
RateMyProfessors.com is the Internet's largest destination for collegiate professor ratings with over 6,500 schools, 1,000,000 professors and 10,000,000 ratings. The site uses a five-point Likert scale as well as a binary scoring system for students to rate professors. Below is a summary of the overall methodology used to compile the 2010-2011 rankings as well as notations for each of the categories.
Professors are ranked according to the following methodology: Each individual professor's rating is first standardized and subsequently the standardized scores for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 are weighted, putting more weight on recent years and fewer weight on ratings from the past (15% for 2008, 25% for 2009 and 60% for 2010). Using the weighted score, professors are ranked from high to low. Only professors with 30 ratings or more are included to provide statistical significance.
In an attempt to break ties, professors with a greater number of ratings were ranked higher; the rationale is that a larger amount of information typically results in an estimate closer to the true parameter. Nevertheless, ties (i.e. professors with the same score and the same number of ratings) still occur. In that case, if two professors are tied for the same place - say 5th - then the next available rank is 7th.
It should also be noted that school size does not affect the outcome of the lists nor does it give professors from larger schools an advantage over their corollaries from smaller schools. We performed a regression analysis on school size vs. number of ratings and found no noteworthy correlation.
More information on how this methodology was applied to each category is available here: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/methodology.jsp. Data analysis was conducted with the help of Professor Wolfgang Jank, Associate Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations & Information Technologies at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
About RateMyProfessors.com
RateMyProfessors.com is the highest trafficked US college professor rating site (comScore) with 6,500+ schools and over 10,000,000 ratings, providing an automated system for quickly researching and rating over 1,000,000+ professors from colleges and universities across the United States and other international territories. The site reaches over 3 million collegestudents each month.
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