David Etlin is a Philosophy professor at Northeastern University rated 3.0/5 by 2 students, with 2.5/5 difficulty and 50.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
David Etlin professor reviews and ratings: 3.0/5 from 2 student reviews at Northeastern (50.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
This man rocks the LL Bean catalogue like no one else. Interesting class discussions and decently interesting course work. Very flexible as a teacher but don't expect to be too nit picky about philosophy. Good intro for a philosophy class.PHIL1101 2017-03-15 14:08:21 +0000 UTC
Prof. Etlin is a funny guy, but not bad. If you just want to have someone explain Philosophy to you avoid his class. He'll wait for you to strike up an awkward class discussion and instead of lecturing, he'll just ask abstract questions. If you pay attention, somewhere in class he'll say one or two lines that describe that philosophers viewpoint.PHIL1101 2016-11-15 23:28:56 +0000 UTC
David Etlin has an average rating of 3.0/5 from 2 student reviews. 50.0% of students said they would take them again.
David Etlin's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.5/5 based on student reviews.
David Etlin has taught PHIL1101, PHIL1115, PHIL1165 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.