Author
Affiliation

Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

Duke University
STA 199 - Fall 2026

Comments about Dr. Çetinkaya-Rundel

32 of 66 students entered text; this excludes entries such as no comment or N/A.

  • Strongest theme: Students frequently described the instructor as knowledgeable, clear, organized, warm, humorous, and approachable. Lecture notes, preparation videos, application exercises, and office hours were singled out as helpful.
  • Most common improvement request: Slow down during live coding and spend more time explaining why particular functions, variables, and arguments are used. Several students want more time to reason through code rather than copy it.
  • Smaller recurring themes: Multiple comments asked for clearer lecture structure or discussed how well class practice prepares students for exams.

These are aggregate, paraphrased themes; no individual response is quoted.