Matthew Bowser is a History professor at Northeastern University rated 4.6/5 by 202 students, with 2.92/5 difficulty and 100.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Matthew Bowser professor reviews and ratings: 4.6/5 from 202 student reviews at Northeastern (100.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
Prof Bowser is very passionate about colonialism and the modules he teaches. He is energetic and caring for his students, colonialism/imperialism is a pretty straight forward class. Weekly group discussions, 2 reading response papers, and a final case study. I really enjoyed this class, as well as Prof Bowser's teaching, would 100% recommendHIST2311 2022-03-26 17:11:20 +0000 UTC
Professor Bowser's passion for history is extremely apparent in his lectures. He cares very much for his students and makes his class really interesting and fun. I remember a lot of the topics he discussed, I would talk about with my own friends outside of class. There were no exams, mostly group projects. 10/10 would take him again.HIST1219 2022-02-27 03:53:23 +0000 UTC
He's a really nice guy who clearly cares a lot about history and the topics he teaches. There was about 100 pages of reading a week that you had to write about, but was basically a completion grade if you did the reading. Lectures were very interesting, but 2/3 of classes were discussions with too many people and didn't add anything to the course.HIST1219 2022-01-02 00:57:38 +0000 UTC
History of Global Pandemics with Dr. Bowser was great! I dislike history but I enjoyed coming to every class. His lectures are interesting and you can tell he is very passionate about what he is teaching. He is very caring and flexible with the class when necessary. I love Dr. Bowser, and would be more than happy to take another class with him!HIST1219 2021-12-13 20:55:07 +0000 UTC
Matthew Bowser has an average rating of 4.6/5 from 202 student reviews. 100.0% of students said they would take them again.
Matthew Bowser's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.92/5 based on student reviews.
Matthew Bowser has taught HIST1170, HIST2311, HIST1215, HIST1219, HIST2301, HIST2302, INPR1000, INPR1500, HIST2211 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.