Ignacio Infante

genuinely my favorite professor at washu. such a fun, caring teacher who always takes time to know his students and the class felt like a mini family by the end of the semester. lots of reading but he was good at both explaining it and letting us give our own interpretations. heavily recommend taking at least one class with him.

8/27/2026

6-8 hrs/week

I really have enjoyed this course so far, but it is definitely a lot of work and the essays are tough. However, Infante is super flexible and a really nice professor, and is also amazing at explaining concepts and supporting what you say in class. I would recommend this course to anyone who has to take a Researching Cultures, since I think that all of these courses have a lot of work.

11/3/2024

Great guy. Very caring about students, has a sense of humor too. Lectures can be a little unstructured which makes it hard if you're not following along but if you put in some effort, you'll get a lot out of it. At the same time, he's a pretty easy grader so if you don't you'll probably be fine too.

11/13/2023

Very kind and concerned teacher - he cares about you a lot and makes great strides to look out for the class, including extending deadlines quite often. I am naturally pretty good at writing but it seemed like pretty much everyone was getting an A for each essay. You can participate and write well in this class without reading each book in detail.

1/25/2022

Professor Infante is the best professor I have ever interacted with. He is understanding, the work load is very manageable, and he is a genuinely kind (and unbelievably smart) person. If you can take a class with him you have to, he encourages the exploration of literature in a way that you wont find elsewhere.

12/27/2021

Great teacher and nice person. Readings can be a bit existential and hard to understand, but grading is not too hard.

3/24/2019

Wonderful man! His World Lit class made me think about stuff I have never pondered before. His class is very discussion-based, and I learned so much through this style of learning. I would love to take another class with him-- very enthusiastic, easy class, amazing professor!! Cares about his students a lot. Take World Lit with him if you can!!!

5/6/2018

Prof. Infante is super enthusiastic, kind, and reasonable. World Lit challenged my thinking but was never too stressful, and he both gave great lectures and made sure the discussions went somewhere. You can tell that he loves the subject matter, and he is really willing to help with papers. If you put in effort, your worldview will expand a lot!

1/28/2018

He's a G. First day of class he played the Pixies, I've never met anybody with a more impressive name than Ignacio Infante, his accent is infinitely dope, he's just a funny and laid back guy. And he definitely knows his shtuff. Essays aren't too bad, I liked the books but you didn't have to read carefully at all if you pay attention in class

4/18/2015

World Literature with Professor Infante was a great introductory class. The works he picked for us to read and view were, for the most part, very interesting.

7/21/2012