Veronica White

Dr. White is an amazing professor and a wonderful person. I echo all the earlier reviews that sing her praises - she really does deserve a CULPA gold nugget, anything less than that simply doesn't do her justice. Like most of the earlier reviewers have mentioned, I entered her Art Hum section with absolutely no knowledge or appreciation of art history and have emerged with a new found passion for art of all mediums, and art history in general, that I never thought I was capable of. Dr. White is incredibly patient and understanding, and despite the fact that she is clearly very brilliant and passionate about art, she never once talked down to us even when we occasionally made less-than-intelligent or inexperienced comments about the works we were studying. She made sure that everyone's comments in class were somehow relevant, and even when someone occasionally felt he/she had made a stupid comment and tried to retract it, she always very thoughtfully tried to make that student feel better by highlighting the relevant points of the comment to the work, and by assuring us that art was always open to interpretation in any case. She was very adept at facilitating discussion and directing it, always making sure that it was of a suitable length and that we came away from each work with the most salient points about it. Also, while she's clearly a very experienced Art Hum lecturer, I…

Dr. White was absolutely amazing. If anyone deserves a culpa gold nugget, it's her. Art Hum with Dr. White was an absolute pleasure. She assigned typical amounts of art hum work (aka not very much at all). She conducted class with about 70% lecture, 30% class discussion and visual analysis of the works on the projector. I normally don't love when professors lecture for so long, but Dr. White's commentary was always interesting, relevant, and helpful. I really feel like I can look at art and understand it/talk about it intelligently. She is incredibly easy going, sympathetic, and relatively flexible if you have any issues/need an extension. Dr. White led the classroom gracefully, starting on the first day with the assumption that none of us knew anything about art. That said, she didn't treat us like kindergarteners, but rather let us start with a blank slate. It was nice to be able to come in to class and earnestly ask questions that you might be embarrassed to ask in other classes. She praised any and all participation, and guided our class discussions so that they were actually productive. After taking her art hum class, I'm definitely hoping to take more art history courses in the future - I just hope I can get another prof like her!

Dr. White is incredible. I have no idea why she would go from a gold to a silver nugget. If you have the chance, take art hum with Dr. White. I have no background in art or art history, and I loved her class. I felt like I really learned a lot from her, just by showing up to class (I rarely did the readings, since they weren't really stressed.) She made class enjoyable, relaxing, and interesting every time. Dr. White strikes a perfect balance of lecturing (on artists' backgrounds, biographical information of the pieces, etc.) and facilitating directed class discussion. Before this class, I had no idea what to think or say when looking at a piece of art. Now, thanks to Dr. White, I actually enjoy going to museums. Besides her great teaching abilities, she is just a really wonderfully kind woman. Dr. White is understanding, friendly, and relatable. TAKE HER CLASS. i wish i could again!

this class wasnt that bad. you need to memorize a lot for the midterm and final but you should be fine if you study a couple days in advance and pay attention somewhat in class. the papers werent terrible either since she is willing to help you a lot on them. she edits your paper right on the word document for you and tells you all the corrections that you need to make.

I was slightly saddened to see Prof. White demoted to a silver nugget from a gold, but I suppose it makes sense. I loved ArtHum and I think that I learned so much (from knowing pretty much no art history to being able to analyze and appreciate many more styles) but I do think that it was might have been too much work for a core class. The papers were graded pretty harshly, I think. I was able to scrap an A on the last one, but that was after I slaved away for days trying to write it. Ironically, I sacrificed time on a term paper for another class to try and get my ArtHum paper up to snuff. The term paper I also got an A on, despite it being twice as long and me spending 1/4 the amount of time on it. That being said, Prof. White is extremely willing to give feedback and help you out. Even the night before the paper was due, she read it over by e-mail and gave me extensive edits right on the paper. I don't know the extent of visual memorization for other arthum classes, but it did seem a little much. I have a pretty good visual memory so I was able to memorize everything the night before for both the midterm and final, but I can see how it would be extremely difficult and overwhelming for others. As far as class itself is concerned, I would like to reiterate what previous reviews said. Discussions were very open and Prof. White always encouraged any type of comment, and never ta…

Professor White is incredibly sweet and very intelligent. She tries really hard to get people to participate and make class interesting, but despite her best efforts it still kind of drags on. She's a pretty fair grader (although I never managed to get above an a- on a paper) but I did think that her midterm/final involved way too much memorization of dates, mediums etc. The Met trips were fun and interesting. Overall a good class and I learned a lot, but definitely more work than I would have liked to have to do for an art hum class.

Take this class with Ms. White. Even if you never cared for art before she'll make an enthused participant out of you with the knowledge, enthusiasm, and grace she brings when teaching the class. She is *so* approachable too, always ready with a genuine smile. This was an evening class but it quickly became one that I looked forward to all the time. She helps convert even inane comments into something worthwhile. Just a great class overall, wished it was more than a semester long even when i hadnt, prior to this class, cared for art.

This class is just amazing period. I was very concerned about having to take an art class because I really had no clue about anything related to art and wasnt all that interested in learning about it. But Miss White is a great teacher that really enjoys what shes talking. I mean could you ask for anything else... She even brings food to class for you. By the end of the class you feel like youve just been hit by a truck of art and without even realizing it youve learned a whole lot. Her papers are hard sometimes but as long as you say something smart you should be fine. In short you couldnt have a better art hum professor.

Great class, a little difficult to take in the evening but, Ms. White did a good job with the class. There seemed to be too many slides to go over as well. The trip to the MET was fine, Ms. White does seem knowledgable about the work though.

Ms. White is a really good teacher. She was very nice with the class, and her exams were pretty easy. She was rough on grading the essays but she gives a lot of feedback which helps. I didn't get a good grade in the class but I never looked at the artwork. So if you get into Ms. White's class, stay in it.