La Voz polled 120 De Anza students to find out how they evaluate their faculty.

The surveys were distributed in the campus center, library, the S-Quad, and the L-Quad. Some reporters took evaluations to their own classes but told the class to evaluate any instructor they’ve had other than the instructor of the class where the surveys were conducted.

Key findings of the report indicate that students rate their English instructors higher than their Mathematics instructors.

According to the results of the report, the following instructors received the highest possible scores:

Accounting- Kwak

Anthropology- Tiwana

Biology- Burling, McCauley, Phillips and Van Fossen

Business- Johnson

Geology- Cichanski

History- Knittel

Inter-cultural studies- Chang

Mathematics- Illowsky, Nicoletti, Mathios

Physics- Newton

Political Science- Druehl, Yuen-Gonzales

Speech- Kanter

The following instructors received more than one recommendation from students:

Accounting- Kwak received 3 recommendations

Anthropology- Tiwana received 2 recommendations

Biology- Burling received 5 recommendations, McCauley received 2 recommendations

Phillips received 3 recommendations

Van Fossen received 5 recommendations

Geology- Chichanski received 2 recommendations

Mathematics- Illowsky received 4 recommendations.

Political Science- Hanley received 5 recommendations.

Some faculty did not rate too highly, however.

One student who has taken or who is currently taking Reading 100 commented on the instructor in the margin of an evaluation: “She is a nice lady but it is kinda boring. She needs some discipline and not be so nervous. I think it’s the subject that stinks.”