James Dew is an Economics professor at Northeastern University rated 2.89/5 on Rate My Professors by 36 students, with 1.9/5 RMP difficulty and 42% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
James Dew professor reviews and ratings: 2.89/5 from 36 RMP ratings at Northeastern (42% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
was very rude when he replies emails, was not understanding of situation, and is biased against students.ECON2315 2026-10-08 23:51:03 +0000 UTC
yikes this guy is terribleECON2000 2024-04-12 09:51:16 +0000 UTC
Waste of money and timeECON1115 2024-04-12 09:48:09 +0000 UTC
Terrible! Terrible! Terrible!FINA4983 2024-04-12 09:46:06 +0000 UTC
cannot properly teach concepts and rants and goes off-topic constantly. Will assume students already know everything and fails to explain anything.ECON2315 2026-10-08 22:39:23 +0000 UTC
Gives you exam prep that makes sure you can easily succeed.ECON2000 2020-03-08 20:38:21 +0000 UTC
Weirdest class ever. James Dew doesn't really seem to understand whats happening at any given moment, but you'll get the easiest A+ of your college career without ever really understanding Macro at all, super weird, 10/10.ECON1115 2019-12-02 20:06:48 +0000 UTC
this guy cannot teach or articulate, and is always off topic.ECON2315 2026-10-08 21:15:25 +0000 UTC
Do not take this professors class, his powerpoings and everythign he teaches is unclear. He often murmurs whilst he is teaching and he doesn't articulate loud enough so no one can understand what he is saying. Intermediate theory is a hard economics course, yet he spends 90% of the class telling us we know this already, and just skips concepts.ECON2315 2026-10-07 22:09:03 +0000 UTC
Grade consists of HW, attendance, 3 exams, and one group project. Gives plenty of extra credit. Lectures tend to be a bit unhelpful since he sometimes says one thing then does the other, go off of tangents, and gloss over a lot of content but the slides are pretty comprehensive and helpful. Did a lot of self studying.ECON2315 2026-06-30 16:48:22 +0000 UTC
His teaching was really boring and not useful at all. Lectures made no sense, but he gives you a ton of extra credit. Not only was he really boring, but really rude sometimes and had no care for students' time. Responded really rudely to some of my emails asking about basic things that he said he would do before.ECON2315 2026-04-17 22:43:32 +0000 UTC
lenient grader and exams take up most of the gradeECON2315 2026-02-11 19:22:08 +0000 UTC
He was very rude, however he did give insane extra credit u started with a 65 and ended with a A.ECON2315 2025-12-28 00:27:27 +0000 UTC
The only thing that makes students wanna stay in the classroom is attendance. His lecture wasn't helpful, and I need to go over all the materials by myself after the class. He gives so many extra credits, so most of the students in the class get really decent scores. If you wanna get an easy A, just go to his class.ECON2315 2025-12-12 22:52:20 +0000 UTC
There comes a time when every professor must retire. I've had teachers who want to work forever. But in those cases, it severely hurts the students, as we must teach everything ourselves. Reading off a new 50-slide slideshow every class is not teaching!!! He's incredibly knowledgeable, but is not fit for teaching, let alone poor teaching skills.ECON2315 2025-11-12 23:45:35 +0000 UTC
James Dew is rated 2.89/5 on Rate My Professors from 36 ratings. 42% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
James Dew's classes have a difficulty rating of 1.9/5 on Rate My Professors.
James Dew has taught ECON2315, ECON3255, FINA4983, ECON7200, ECON3916, FINA2730, ECON1115 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.