Bill McKelvy

He's clearly passionate about the material and is good at guiding class discussions. He's not very good with technology and doesn't use Canvas well at all. Grading criteria are strict, as you will be marked down for minor formatting mistakes. Overall, a good and engaging teacher who gave helpful feedback and assigned interesting readings.

1/8/2026

He gives the most boring lectures you have ever heard. Be prepared. He will chastise you for looking at the time or getting up to use the bathroom. He will call on you blindly and is a very hard grader. Avoid if you can.

2/7/2024

Overall, he is bland. In discussion, Professor McKelvy will repeat your points as if they are his own. He does not make the content exciting or applicable but is a decent guy. He also refuses to use technology and doesn't submit grades on Canvas. I wouldn't recommend taking the course with him.

5/9/2023

Professor McKelvy is brilliant and is so well educated in what he is teaching. He is able to lead discussion very well, using every student's comments in a positive way. He is very kind and helpful - in class and with essays.

1/9/2018

A solid professor. Will neither be your favorite of the year, nor your least favorite. Dry sense of humor, and appropriately knowledgeable as a professor. Worth taking, and certainly not worth avoiding. Has an incredibly knack for picking up whatever nuggets of truth his students suggest in discussion, no matter how asinine or off-topic. Is kind.

1/7/2014

I highly enjoyed Professor McKelvy's class. He is very intelligent and reading discussion always made me so excited to come to class because of the insightful things he had to say about the Bronte sisters. I loved this class and I will definitely take another class from McKelvy--he is wonderful.

12/12/2006