Jennifer Arch

Dr. Arch is one of the most intelligent people I've ever met. She truly cares about the subject matter and her students success. She took student feedback into account and changed the course accordingly. Every day I was smiling the whole class both due to her evident passion and hilarious quips

12/6/2025

Great professor. Willing to change aspects of the class based on student feedback. Clearly very caring, very very passionate about her work. I really liked her.

12/3/2025

This professor is not professional. She forces the class the write only during class time and on Lockdown Browser. It is hard to feel like she is a caring and empathetic teacher when she automatically treats students with distrust under the guise of "AI and cheating." Hard to improve my writing when teacher is not friendly.

11/13/2025

Professor Arch is clearly very smart, and extremely knowledgeable in her subject area. However, I sometimes struggled to follow her lines of reasoning in lecture; we seemed to jump from one idea very quickly to another. The class was interesting, but overall lacked a sense of coherence and clarity.

10/1/2024

I took this class online during COVID in SP2021 semester. The class was pretty easy and we did lots of sentence diagramming. What I mostly remember though is how I was going through a really hard time at that point in my life, and Jennifer was incredibly supportive. And I still think of it 3 years later, which is why I am now writing this review.

5/2/2024

Professor Arch is a phenomenal instructor. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable, she is also enthusiastic about the material. She wants you to learn it, not necessarily get everything 100% correct, so that being said her grading is very fair. If grammar and sentence structure excites you in any way, take this wonderful class.

12/6/2023

Prof. Arch is fabulous! The Sentence in English is a joy to take; if the idea of lots of drawing and learning terms like "adverbial objective" tickles your fancy, enroll! The quizzes are graded fairly. The class is a bit reading heavy in the first half of the semester, but calms down as you get into the self-analysis projects. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

11/29/2023

Professor Arch is a phenomenal instructor. She is extremely knowledgeable and her enthusiasm for the material she teaches is evident and contagious. It is clear that she cares about all of her students. I've had her for two courses and would take all of her courses if I could. Highly recommend!

9/30/2022

I took this class off a whim and it ended up being the class I learned the most from. Prof Arch is very passionate about sentence structure. There are quizzes every week to make sure you are digesting the content. You always get feedback on your quizzes and papers so it is clear what grade you should receive at the end of the semester.

5/18/2022

Prof. Arch is the best professor I have encountered at WashU. She is kind, caring, and intelligent. She gives wonderful, passionate lectures and is always willing to hear students' thoughts on course material. She is an exceptional teacher and is readily available outside of class. It is evident that Prof. Arch cares about her students' well-being.

12/23/2021

Professor Arch is the best writing professor I have ever had, and the only negative thing I can possibly say about her is that thanks to her, it'll really suck whenever I have to take a writing class with another professor. I don't think any other class could have changed how I view writing in such a positive way. Try sentence diagramming! Do it!

8/28/2019

Arch is awesome; I wasn't sure what to expect from the class (if I would even learn anything) but she made sentence diagramming meaningful and interesting. The class is pretty easy, too. Deep down she is a nerd, and it's great. She's good at leading discussions and bringing up interesting questions. She values students' opinions. Great professor!

5/12/2016

This class and professor had been recommended to me, and they did not disappoint. Professor Arch is easily one of the most knowledgeable and interesting professors I've had at WashU. Her lectures fly by, because the material is just so interesting. The assignments are hard, but they are definitely worth it because it ties the whole class together.

12/2/2015

I had almost no interest in the history of the English language before taking this class, but Professor Arch made the subject truly fascinating. She really knows how to facilitate class discussions, and no matter what the subject matter, is always well informed. She is very friendly and helpful during office hours. World Class.

12/11/2013

One of the best classes I've had at Wash U, First E Lit class too so don't be scared off by the 400 level part.

10/29/2012

Professor Arch is, hands down, the best professor I've had at WashU, either as good as or better than Professor Loomis (who is also awesome). She facilitates amazing classroom discussions, picks interesting topics, and knows her stuff. She's quirky and interesting, and she truly cares about her students. I highly *highly* recommend her classes.

7/16/2012