Jamie Henzy is a Biology professor at Northeastern University rated 2.58/5 by 770 students, with 3.71/5 difficulty and 26.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Jamie Henzy professor reviews and ratings: 2.58/5 from 770 student reviews at Northeastern (26.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Henry gets a lot of hate but I think it's really unwarranted, at least in genomics. She teaches the class well, provides examples, and the learning goals are exactly what's on the exam. Her exam are honestly pretty easy and surface level. The class averages were always A- or higher with one exam median being a 97.5% which is pretty crazy.BIOL5591 2025-12-16 08:09:16 +0000 UTC
i have no idea how this woman is even still allowed to teach. do anything and everything in your power to not take her class. tutors/tas weren't able to help bc no one ever knew what she was talking about. went on random tangents and would shame students when she made mistakes. she needs her tenure taken away or smthBIOL2301 2025-01-10 06:46:59 +0000 UTC
Arrogant! Disrespectful! Terrible at outlining explanations and offering direct instruction. TA would give assistance on assignments that later turned out to be wrong, sacrificing my grades and giving zero opportunity to cushion it. I'm finishing the course with a 92.9, and she virtually scolded me for asking for advice to end with an A +0.1 pt.BIOL2302 2024-06-23 23:09:27 +0000 UTC
Literally a horrible teacher. DO NOT take her. Do absolutely everything you can not to have her. Doesn't teach you anything then expects you to know it all. You won't learn a thing with her. She needs to be evaluated by Northeastern.BIO2301 2024-02-21 18:52:28 +0000 UTC
Save yourself. Take any professor but her.BIOL2301 2024-02-15 18:07:57 +0000 UTC
the content of the labs aren't hard, but the INSTRUCTIONS... dear god, what???BIOL2302 2021-04-22 02:56:20 +0000 UTC
W'ed this class b/c my grades did not suffice to get anywhere above a B. I lost so much motivation from the prospect of having to retake this course, but glad to say I ended it with an A now. Her lectures were very disorganized/lackluster, did lectures even on exam days, and coming to class was a drag. I would TRULY never recommend her to anyone!!!BIO2301 2023-08-21 20:02:46 +0000 UTC
Do not take her. My GPA took such a hit. She drops your lowest exam, but I had a medical emergency last minute and she did not let me retake as it counted as my dropped. I had already done horribly on the first exam and I should've just W'd the class. Anyone else for genetics is better than Henzy.BIOL2301 2024-01-18 23:22:58 +0000 UTC
The class is based on 3 exams and a final and the lowest exam before the final will get dropped. I would suggest reading the textbooks, using any extra practice that she posts, and making sure that you understand the answers to the questions that are posted at the end of the slide. For everyone saying she isn't that bad, she is that bad.BIO2301 2023-07-02 14:04:45 +0000 UTC
Mrs. Henzy is disorganized and confusing as a professor, and she is disrespectful as a person. I've never heard a professor speak with such self-importance and arrogance to a student before- not even ones actually successful enough to warrant an ego. Good luck to anyone who has the displeasure of interacting with her.BIOL2301 2024-01-10 18:47:39 +0000 UTC
She's not as bad as these reviews, but she's not great. Discombobulated lectures/says wacky things. Come to class because she says things that show up on exams (not written down). She gives some buffer questions for each exam, but there are only 3 (lowest is dropped). Also grades with peer-graded homework and short quizzes with multiple attempts.BIO2301 2023-06-15 15:26:36 +0000 UTC
I think Henzy gets a lot of undeserved hate, I think that people blame some of the difficulty of the course material on her; I enjoyed the class but it is definitely not an easy A. I think Henzy does a lot to try to help people raise their grades, and is helpful at office hours.BIOL2301 2023-11-28 20:35:22 +0000 UTC
Henzy is a great professor, she cares about her students and is more than willing to help if you ask. She provided extra credit opportunities throughout the semester and dropped the lowest quiz, ant wrangle, and the second group project score if it boosted your grade. As long as you read the textbook and do the recommended problems, you'll do well.BIO2301 2022-12-25 07:21:47 +0000 UTC
The lectures were good and she taught the concepts really well. Tests were straightforward and the practice quizzes let you know what kind of questions to expect. Henzy is really nice and if you participate in class or talk to her outside of class, she'll remember you. Office hours are super helpful and lowest exam grade gets dropped.BIOL2301 2023-07-18 21:21:17 +0000 UTC
Henry is my least favorite professor I've ever had. I worked so hard in this class and. still ended up with a C (even though I got a 4 on my AP bio in high school). She is incredibly disorganized during lecture and jumps around topics. She goes way too fast in class and exams are on stuff she barely touched on in lecture.BIO2301 2022-12-15 14:37:50 +0000 UTC
Jamie Henzy has an average rating of 2.58/5 from 770 student reviews. 26.0% of students said they would take them again.
Jamie Henzy's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.71/5 based on student reviews.
Jamie Henzy has taught BIOL5591, BIOL3411, BIOL2302, BIOL2301 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.