Top rated professors at Kean according to RateMyProfessors.com
By Kelly Contreras | Published by May 11, 2019
Professors Jea Basubas and Matthew Iannucci are the top two professors at Kean University rated by students according to ratemyprofessors.com.
Every semester, there are students registering for their following courses and for many, their main concern would be: who is the professor?
During the school year, common questions students will ask each other are “Who did you have for this course?” or “Has anyone taken this professor before? How are they?”
Ratemyprofessors.com is a website commonly used by students all around the country and it allows them to rate and comment on how well or poor they believe a professor was. Similar to Yelp, except that the postings are anonymous and it is not monitored.
“Top professors as rated on ratemyprofessors.com by the students.”
Photo by Kelly Contreras
This site provides a rating scale from the lowest being 1, “Profs get Fs too” to the highest being 5, “A real gem.” Also, a separate rating scale for how difficult the professor’s class will be going from a 1, being “show up and pass” to a 5 being “hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
Professor Basubas is an adjunct professor for the Special Education and Literacy Department. She is rated by the students as the number one top professor for Kean University.
She has been rated by 97 students averaging a 5.0 rating for “a real gem,” a perfect 1.0 rating for how easy the course is, and a score of 100 percent for students who would take a course with her as the professor again.
“Jea Basubas, the first top-rated professor as rated by students.”
Photo courtesy of Jea Basubas
“This professor is one of a kind! Nobody teaches reading like Ms. B!” said anonymously by one of the students on ratemyprofessors.com.
Basubas did not plan to be a college professor. She was originally teaching third grade and Pre-Kindergarten.
Her teaching styles involve hands-on activities, keeping the students active with a “morning jumpstart” which is what they will do as a start of each class, and she has activities such as Kahoot which allows the students to use their smartphones in class for educational purposes.
Before becoming a full-time lecturer at Kean University, she was an adjunct for Kean University, Berkeley College, and Union County College.
“I am planning on pursuing a doctorate one day. I would love to be a chairperson and work my way up to be a dean too!” said Basubas.
Professor Iannucci is a part-time history professor but has been a full-time 8th-grade Social Studies teacher for the last 14 years at North Plainfield Middle School.
“Matthew Iannucci, the second top-rated professor as rated by
students.”
Photo courtesy of Matthew Iannucci
Iannucci has been rated by 42 students averaging a 5.0 rating for “a real gem,” a 1.6 rating for how easy the course is, and a score of 100 percent for students who would take a course with him as the professor again.
“Professor? More like Brofessor … Wish I failed so that I could take it again,” said an anonymous student on ratemyprofessors.com.
Iannucci referred to this comment and mentioned how he would put it on a t-shirt.
His teaching style is to make history interesting by somehow making it relatable or funny which comes easy to him because of how much he loves it.
He became a professor because he stayed in touch with his past professors at Kean University and once he had been teaching for a few years, he contacted Dr. Gronewold, who was the Head of the History Department at the time and was able to apply as an adjunct professor.
“I owed everything to Dr. Gronewold. She made me into a historian, put me on a proper career path, took a chance on me as a young professor and introduced me to my wife. Needless to say, I love Kean University!” said Iannucci.
Students continue to not only rely on ratemyprofessors.com but to provide additional comments and ratings whether good or bad about the professors.
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