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Adam Manfredi

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2024
    Major: Japanese and Comparative Literature
    Dissertation: Narrative and Meaning-Making: Stories of Japan's 1968

Current Scheduled Teaching

JAPN 3020.001Advanced Japanese ISpring 2025
JAPN 4030.001Advanced Japanese IVSpring 2025
JAPN 3030.001Advanced Japanese IIFall 2024 Syllabus
JAPN 4020.001Advanced Japanese IIIFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

No previous courses scheduled.

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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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