Mona Sue Weissmark, PhD

Harvard Students' Comments about Dr. Mona Sue Weissmark 

Harvard Summer School 2023
 

• This is a life-changing course with excellent content. I feel better prepared in social science research, but also in being a better person. 

• Explained the concept in an unbiased manner, and did not have an agenda in this course.

• She was very understanding and lectured amazing on zoom! Would take a class with her again!

• She was a guide who left my experience and interpretation up to me. NO agendas here.

• She is an excellent lecturer and passionate champion for this topic.

• Discussion facilitator more so than direct lecturer. Respected all thoughts and opinions.

• Dr. Weissmark's integration of her lived and professional experiences helped to contextualize the course content

• Dr. Weissmark was human. An expert in her field and well respected professor, yet she never came across as all knowing. She made each person feel valued and respected.

• Dr. Weissmark was very even handed, fair and compassionate in her discussions about difficult topics.

• Dr. Weissmark provided a very safe and intellectually fertile place for diverse opinions.

• She was open and transparent with content. She facilitated helpful conversations

• Lecture In each class she explained every topic very well.

• Her extensive knowledge, perspective, and willingness to engage everyone in the class.

• Her research in bringing people from different opinion together to help them understand each other better is really inspiring.

• She actively listens and uses scientific thinking. She is empathetic.

• She presented clear lectures and initiated fun in class discussions.

• The topic psychology of diversity was interesting and appreciated the variety of topics of diversity that were covered.

• Dr. Weissmark's lectures were concise and interesting.

• Dr. Weissmark had a very warm, inclusive, and generous teaching style, which I think created an atmosphere of learning where students could speak openly and listen generously, even about difficult topics. I also especially appreciated her emphasis on practicing scientific thinking throughout the course, and will carry this learning with me outside of the class.

• She shared her honest opinions with the class

• I appreciated hearing Dr. Weissmark push students to hear their thinking. She didn't just accept their initial answers to questions, she dug in and always got them to dig deeper.

• She was a wonderful example of what it takes to be a thoughtful, professional and objective researcher especially in an emotionally charged area. Her honesty about how to deal with separating your own experience from your research setting was immensely valuable.

• She is genuinely interested in what students have to say and very open to new ideas.

• Facilitate discussions in a way that was easily understandable

• Dr. Weissmark's depth of knowledge, unique experiences, and approachability were extremely helpful to the learning experience. Her role in the class discussions were at a higher level.