Anne Margaret Baxley

Incredible prof. Class is engaging and almost no work besides short readings for whole semester. Issue is 80% of grade is two essays and she's an incredibly harsh grader. Take her, but I'd say if your not philo major be ready to P\F it. Was worth the gpa damage for me imo

12/27/2025

Baxley is seriously the BEST professor I have had at WashU. She is incredibly intelligent, cool, relaxed, funny, and inspirational. She made everyone's voice heard and led some great discussions. Everyone should take her Classical Ethical Theories course. 1000% recommend!

12/15/2023

Second class with Baxley and I just love her. Very, very knowledgeable. Able to answer or give the best answer to all my questions. Grading is tough, but she is fair and explains why you got your grade. The material covered is extremely interesting. Not a ton of work either, the grading is just difficult so not an easy A.

10/20/2020

This was easily the hardest class of my college experience, but if Baxley was teaching it I'd do it all over again. She is personable, great at breaking down material into digestible chunks, and SUPER FUNNY. I would probably take her class Pass/fail if it weren't going towards my major since it is a lot of work, but she is GREAT

1/20/2020

I can't really rate her level of difficulty because the TAs do all of the grading. (They aren't particularly helpful either--usually giving only 1-3 short comments.) The class is boring. Only half of the people show up, and the same five talk. It is not necessary to read anything because she gives you everything in handouts.

4/12/2011

Very nice. Extremely helpful.

4/11/2011

I really liked professor baxley. There were two essays and two exams that were pretty straightforward. the subject matter isn't so easy, but if you listen and come to class you'll be fine. she was clear and I thought the class was easy.

12/14/2010

She can regurgitate your readings just fine back to you but if you ask her any kind of question that isn't specifically answered within the text she's useless.If you have little to no philosophical background you will likely find her very insightful. If you have any kind of background in philosophy you will hate her as a professor.

4/23/2009

Lead the class well. Organized. Willing to help if you seek her out.

12/29/2007

Kind, tries hard, and is open, but the class is boring. People don't discuss the material much or with a lot of depth. Easy though, don't always have to go or read. Participation isn't required.

11/26/2007

I enjoyed class discussions, she handled that very well. She's a good lecturer and explains the texts clearly. The papers were graded very easily. I -tried- to get a bad grade on one of them (I took the class pass fail) and I got an A-.

4/16/2007

Baxley is amazing! She's not easy but she's young and realy smart and good looking too! Take her class -- she is real and makes you think.

9/30/2006

Pretty good professor. Could have been a little more clear at times. Had some trouble understanding students. (At one point said "Dude, I don't know what the **** you guys are talking about.") Not too dificult of a grader. Brought us donuts on the last day. Available outside of class.

4/30/2006