Sheila Winborne is a Philosophy professor at Northeastern University rated 2.64/5 on Rate My Professors by 28 students, with 2.3/5 RMP difficulty and 28% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Sheila Winborne professor reviews and ratings: 2.64/5 from 28 RMP ratings at Northeastern (28% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
It feels like her movie quizzes were written by the first ever version of ChatGPT using the following prompt: "Write quizzes that are completely unrelated to the movie's message and just ask about obscure details that force students to go back through each scene looking for the answer. Write in an ambiguous way and make a typo every 10 words."PHIL1260 2026-10-10 18:57:23 +0000 UTC
your grade is mostly 2 group projects and 2 essays , her lectures are very boring and its mostly just students and her doing pointless debates, the class is also very very very long, but overall this was an easy NU path class and the movies were cool, just the readings are long and boring, grades are hidden as wellPHIL1667 2026-04-12 07:21:02 +0000 UTC
The classes were 3 and a half hours long and sucked the life out of me. The classes are very lecture heavy, she monologues the whole time. You're meant to watch the movies outside of class and do a lot reading. She also has a very strict late policy and is a tough grader. She didn't grant me my accommodations. Would not recommend!!PHIL1666 2023-12-02 03:10:31 +0000 UTC
Does the bare minimum to help students outside of classPHIL1269 2020-12-03 07:21:43 +0000 UTC
She's intelligent and nice but I never thought I'd pay someone so much money to take all of the enjoyment out of watching movies. No assignment is too much work by itself, but all of the assignments together are an absurd burden for the students and instructor. Wouldn't take again.RELG1260 2019-10-09 20:30:54 +0000 UTC
You get to watch movies a lot which is great. She talks for a very long time and is very boring though.RELS1260 2016-03-23 10:16:45 +0000 UTC
You watch really good movies and have two write two essays on pretty interesting topics. Although her lectures are pretty brutal and long. Take this class if you dont really want to do work (other than the two papers and presentation).REL1260 2015-11-20 00:07:43 +0000 UTC
Professor Winborne is one the most knowledgable professors that I have had to date. I have been impressed with how diverse her knowledge base is. She makes the class very thought-provoking by incorporating society, religion, sociology, and even psychology. I would recommend this class to anyone.RELS126060243 2014-07-12 08:09:12 +0000 UTC
You have to learn how to write differentlyPHIL1260 2026-04-11 20:05:39 +0000 UTC
Three hours of nothing.She talked for a semester, and I learned nothing from her and everything from the readings. (Also she clearly doesn't like sci fi, she didn't know how Luke's hand got cut off in Star Wars, and called Kirk "Kurt".) Why teach if you don't know/care about sci fi? Didn't feel like a film, philosophy, or religion class. :(PHIL1667 2026-04-07 04:07:54 +0000 UTC
One of the most boring classes I took. The movies we watched were good for the most part, yet the hour or two of lecture makes you want to die. Her teaching style is so rudimentary that you'll wonder if she is actually a human or just a robot reading from a script. Her comments and reasons for grading are loose and based seemingly on nothing.PHIL1666 2015-11-08 18:43:14 +0000 UTC
Class was pitched and written as a Philosophical class when in realty it's a boring, bland, religion class. Ms. Wilborne more than certainly knows her stuff, but the 1-2 hour monotone lectures are just as interesting as they sound. Sprinkle in a bit of 2017 liberal propaganda and you have this class.RELG1260 2017-09-20 16:48:33 +0000 UTC
Would not recommend this class. She's incredibly knowledgable and that shows, but lectures are boring and miserable. Watching movies is nice, but I didn't enjoy writing about them and the topics we covered in class were unclear and boring. She's really nice and helpful, I just didn't like her lectures.RELS1260 2015-11-20 14:09:31 +0000 UTC
Was expecting a chill elective to watch films, and was instead met with dense lectures and films about religion. Assignments weren't difficult but felt pointless. She doesn't want to see her students succeed. Minimal interactions with her but were all abysmal. Hasn't updated her lectures since COVID... let that sink in.PHIL1260 2025-11-30 22:38:55 +0000 UTC
The films we watched were pretty cool, she will turn you into a sci-fi fan. I thought our class discussions were always so interesting to just sit back and listen to, we really discuss a lot of topics such as religion, philosophy, technology, etc. She was so knowledgable as well on a lot of topics, would def take a course with her again.PHIL1667 2024-04-17 15:02:22 +0000 UTC
Sheila Winborne is rated 2.64/5 on Rate My Professors from 28 ratings. 28% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Sheila Winborne's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.3/5 on Rate My Professors.
Sheila Winborne has taught PHIL1260, PHIL1666, PHIL1667, AFAM2619, PHIL2619 at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.