Jarvis Chen is a Political Science professor at Northeastern University rated 4.14/5 by 264 students, with 2.76/5 difficulty and 93.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Jarvis Chen professor reviews and ratings: 4.14/5 from 264 student reviews at Northeastern (93.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
He made every assignment clear and doable, was immediately responsive to any emails/questions, and allowed for multiple extensions when given notice. This was my 1st grad class and was easier than most undergrad classes I took because Jarvis made it so much easier to understand. If you take INSH6300, Jarvis is easily the best option at NortheasternINHS-6300 2023-11-20 22:33:25 +0000 UTC
Jarvis is the most enthusiastic, helpful and understanding professor I have ever had at Northeastern. He makes the course fun to learn and makes the whole semester as stress free as possible.INHS5302 2022-05-22 21:30:12 +0000 UTC
Dr Chen is super friendly, supportive and funny! He works so hard to make statistic fun and exciting for everyone. We have a couple of virtual students in class via zoom and he always makes sure that they are included, despite everyone else being in person. If you can take a class with him, do it!INSH6500 2021-09-27 21:06:54 +0000 UTC
Super flexible and helpful! My dad was sick my last semester and Jarvis let me do all of his classes over skype. He would do his entire lecture all over again just for me! Don't pass up a chance to take his class!POLS2400 2020-10-10 13:11:24 +0000 UTC
I LOVE JARVIS! He is inspiring, funny and just a super nice guy! Hope to see you again!POLS1150 2020-10-10 13:09:50 +0000 UTC
Dr Chen is awesome! He wrote my rec to grad school and I still talk to him from time to time about my career goals. He always has time for his students. He truly loves teaching and that is incredibly specialPOLS1155 2020-10-10 13:08:32 +0000 UTC
Professor Chen deserves a medal, a fruit basket and a hug for all of his work with me this semester. I was incredibly worried about his class and even emailed him a handful of times before class started about my concerns for the course. He assured me that everything will be awesome and gave me tons of feedback and assistance and now...I love math!POLS7202 2018-06-29 10:03:11 +0000 UTC
Guy is classCLTR1120 2018-05-06 00:23:08 +0000 UTC
Really cares, loves teaching, and wants students to do wellPOLS2480QUANT 2018-04-10 14:55:44 +0000 UTC
Overall amazing person and amazing teacher.2400 2014-11-21 11:32:12 +0000 UTC
Very young to be a professor, but I think he's a PhD candidate. He was younger than most of the students in my summer master's quant class, but he had a lot of poise and confidence. Very charismatic and helpful to students. Excellent lecturer with great powerpoints and media in his classes. Will take from again, if possible.7202SUMM 2013-02-07 11:08:03 +0000 UTC
best professor I've had at Northeastern. Very clear and concise about his material. Super nice and really funny124001 2013-02-07 11:06:12 +0000 UTC
He is the best. So genuine and fun. Gives great presentations. Very approachable.POLS1151 2011-11-14 22:45:16 +0000 UTC
He's adorable and genuine cares. He HATES to fail students and will do everything in his power to make you understand the material.POLS1160 2011-09-21 11:33:41 +0000 UTC
The best TA at Northeastern! Very nice, very easy-going, very helpful! This was my first semester at NU and he really made an impression on all of the kids. He genuinely cared about teaching and we could tell that he loved being in front of a classroom. WE LOVE JARVIS!POLSIR 2011-07-21 18:36:20 +0000 UTC
Jarvis Chen has an average rating of 4.14/5 from 264 student reviews. 93.0% of students said they would take them again.
Jarvis Chen's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.76/5 based on student reviews.
Jarvis Chen has taught INSH6300, INSH6500, INSH5302, POLS2400, POLS7202, POLS1150 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.