Hillary Chute is an English professor at Northeastern University rated 3.00/5 on Rate My Professors by 4 students, with 3.8/5 RMP difficulty and 50% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Hillary Chute professor reviews and ratings: 3.00/5 from 4 RMP ratings at Northeastern (50% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
A remarkably combative professor. And not in the cool, "challenges you to think harder" way, in the "why is she reacting to this innocuous thing as if it's a direct challenge to her authority?" kind of way. Incredibly unpleasant class experience. My classmates and I didn't participate as much as we usually do for fear of her weird reactions.ENGL7211 2024-11-23 02:58:00 +0000 UTC
I LOVED taking class with hillary. Hands down one of the best professors I've ever had at Northeastern and I learned so much in her class. She's a great scholar and incredible professor who cares about your ideas on the subjects. Highly recommend taking a class with her about comics/graphic novels. You won't regret it and you will learn so much!!ENGL1400 2023-10-25 00:40:00 +0000 UTC
has potential but comes off the wrong wayENGL1400 2022-11-19 05:49:19 +0000 UTC
Chute is brilliant and well respected in the literary/ criticism world. The class is discussion heavy (she'll make you sit in a circle for every single class) but I think it really helps you learn the material. She comes off as a bit pretentious and can be kind of condescending and rude at times but she tries to be respectful for the most part.ENGL1400 2018-11-21 11:13:57 +0000 UTC
Hillary Chute is rated 3.00/5 on Rate My Professors from 4 ratings. 50% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Hillary Chute's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.8/5 on Rate My Professors.
Hillary Chute has taught ENGL2430, ENGL4710, ARTH2212, ARTH3000, ARTE2301, ENGL2301, ENGL5103, ENGL1400 and 2 more at Northeastern.
Hillary Chute has received: CAMD High Impact Teaching Award, College of Arts, Media and Design (2024).
Data updated October 2026.