Carl Craver

Awesome professor, awesome guy. Lectures are amazing and insightful, if a tad unorganized. Raise your hand, talk to the guy, know the readings coming in and it will be a great and pretty easy class. I will say very frequent pop quizzes about very specific parts of the reading (ie summaries dont work) but the readings are usually great.

5/2/2026

Amazing professor, one of the best I've ever had. His passion and curiosity is contagious and his lectures were the highlight of my week

12/5/2024

Dr. Craver is passionate about discussing with students. He understands you and will point you to the materials for further inquiry. Moreover, Dr. Craver gives very detailed remarks on papers, from concept structures to phrasing and clarity. Writing makes thoughts organized. The skills I learned from this course are beneficial in the long term.

5/20/2022

Great Professor! You could tell he was really passionate about the class content. The course material wasn't the easiest to grasp, but he did a good job of hitting the key points. Encouraged discussions and was easy to reach outside of class. He was also flexible and responsive to feedback from the class.

5/19/2022

Carl Craver is extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable in his field, and is a great person. You can tell he genuinely cares for his students. He does go on tangents sometimes, but his lectures helped me understand many advanced topics. Very effective in the high-level seminar I took, but may be difficult for students newer to the field.

5/18/2022

Craver's Philosophy of Science class is a really worthwhile experience if you're interested in philosophy or science. It's not explicitly stated, but you should probably take some sort of philosophy or logic class as a background. There's also a fair amount of reading outside of the textbooks.

6/24/2010

I also was in Philosophy of Science class. Yeah, the amount of work's not too bad, but he's not the easiest grader either. His lectures are very fast-paced but he often goes off on tangents that are so confusing. He also wasn't very accommodating and wasn't so nice outside of class. Definitely a helpful class and I learned a lot though too bad.

5/9/2010

Carl Craver is hands down the most engaging lecturer I've ever had! I don't know about his PNP 201 class, but his Philosophy of Science class was one of the highlights of my academic career. Two in-class essay exams and two out of class papers. If you have any interest in science or just want to be a better thinker, TAKE THIS CLASS!

4/2/2010

I do not recommend him at all. While he means well, he is too pretentious and smug to actually know if you're getting it. He is all over the place, disorganized in every way and is not especially all that smart to act how he does. I would consider waiting and taking any class he teaches with someone else.

2/1/2010

Class was interesting, but the material was difficult. Craver is very smart and gives interesting lectures, but sometimes he goes on long unrelated tangents which are hard to follow if you aren't well verse in the topic. A bit disorganized.

6/29/2006

I'm sure he's a great person, but Craver isn't the best professor. He often is disorganized in and out of class, to the detriment of his students.

11/8/2005

Dr. Craver is an incredibly interesting and likeable professor. His lectures are intriguing and he often encourages class discussion. The class material is difficult to engage in since it is mostly independent,however Dr. Craver is approachable for help.

12/27/2004

An easy going professor who really teaches you how to think. Professor Craver may be a little disorganized, but a great, helpful person to get to know

12/23/2004

craver is an incredibly funny, laid-back guy; great to have as a friend, but he does not belong in the classroom. our tests contained material we never could have guessed would have been on there, and he was extremely disorganized and wasted precious class time--i don't recommend him.

12/22/2004

Dr. Craver is creative, good at inspiring students, good at both lecturing and listening, incredibly helpful, funny, frighteningly intelligent, and an amazing professor. Teaches a very hard class, but is a fair grader.

7/25/2004