Kathleen Kelly is an English professor at Northeastern University rated 2.68/5 by 119 students, with 3.17/5 difficulty and 50.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Kathleen Kelly professor reviews and ratings: 2.68/5 from 119 student reviews at Northeastern (50.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
She is so passionate about the class and texts, and overall I really enjoyed this class, there is just a lack of communication and the canvas is a wreck so it can be hard to figure out what is due when / what assignments are. grading instructions are long yet so vague. but super interesting!!ENGL3101 2025-11-21 23:01:09 +0000 UTC
Incredibly unfair and unclear grading guidelines, like this is an online elective in summer 2, throw me a bone. Rude and inconsiderate.ENGL2695 2024-07-11 12:55:16 +0000 UTC
- nice prof - lots of readings - guidelines for assignments unclearENGL2620 2023-11-16 16:09:19 +0000 UTC
I don't get why some students think she doesn't give feedback. She writes really long responses to papers. Quizzes? Nope. She expect you to take responsibility.ENGL1400 2018-02-20 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
She's not a tough grader but also won't give much feedback. Ever. Only have the final exam test-wise and only wrote one essay for the Odyssey. Terrible reading selection. Not 'Global' as the course description claims. She's really out of it. She brought her dog to class which was cool but would suck if someone was allergic because she didn't ask usENGL1700 2016-04-07 13:25:20 +0000 UTC
Professor Kelly is truly unique. She offered a unique classroom experience and really let you do independent work. She expected you to be on top of your work and that mattered a lot. She also wanted to see improvement. She cares less about the actual writing as long as your writing was improving from the beginning. She is quirky and interesting.ENGL1111 2016-01-07 21:07:03 +0000 UTC
Kathleen is a wonderful human being who every smart person will love. She's funny, knowledgable, and always willing to help. She is the kind of teacher who wants students to grow so she's always ready to talk to you about whatever.ENGL3315 2015-11-24 18:40:14 +0000 UTC
Kathleen Kelly is the most incompetant teacher I have ever had the displeasure of having. She says "uhhh" more than a student in first grade giving a presentation on the phrase "uhhh". She is a smart person but hasn't the slightest clue how to teach. Do not take her class!!! She gives weekly quizzes on irrelevant topics and yells at the students.ENGL1500 2011-11-18 14:07:16 +0000 UTC
Professor Kelly is funny, and a smart lady. She's not conventional, and I really like her personality/ style. Participation is a very big plus.SHAKESPEA 2010-06-29 20:00:39 +0000 UTC
Very scatter-brained, seemingly always unorganized, and rarely got back to students' emails. We did the "class teaching the class" and the first group had a lot more that they had to do (the later groups seemed to get off easy). Anything I learned in that class was self-taught. She seems like a nice lady, but I wouldn't have her again.ENGU605 2009-04-19 10:27:48 +0000 UTC
Kelly is the WORST professor EVER! I have her for Medieval English, and she is rude, self-involved, and mean-spirited. She complains about us, about her teaching, and about her personal problems. Her mood swings are horrible to endure.ENG605 2009-04-12 07:15:57 +0000 UTC
Disaster. Every class she "teaches" is structured in the same way: each day is dedicated to either failed student presentations on assigned topics, or films. Culminates in an hour of awkward silences, open-ended questions, suffering audience members, and zero knowledge gained. Zero.ENGU624 2009-03-28 09:14:52 +0000 UTC
Unclear on expectations. Weekly quizzes on useless information. Not helpful or willing to discuss issues outside of class time. I've taken brit lit before and I've loved it, but this class was impossible and ridiculous. She does not care about the success of her students.ENG220 2008-12-17 10:17:47 +0000 UTC
Prof. Kelly was sometimes confusing, but she was always more than willing to work with her students to get them to somewhat understand the assignment. If given the choice, I would select her class again in a second.ENG111 2008-05-24 21:44:52 +0000 UTC
you often end up more confused than you were to begin withCHAUCER 2008-03-18 17:49:52 +0000 UTC
Kathleen Kelly has an average rating of 2.68/5 from 119 student reviews. 50.0% of students said they would take them again.
Kathleen Kelly's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.17/5 based on student reviews.
Kathleen Kelly has taught ENGL2695, ENGL2620, ENGL3101, ENGL7281, ENGL3380, ENGL2520, ENGL7358, ENGL1400, FSEM1101, ENGL4710, ENGL3572, ENGL1000, ENGW1111, ENGL4000, ENGL1700, ENGL3605 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.