He's always really thorough with them and really interested in talking about writing and helping students become more efficient and more learned writers, so I really see a dedication to students.

The students who I know who've taken his classes always say that he's really engaging and very provocative and thoughtful and consciousness raising and those are things that are really important.

That's something that's sometimes missing from academia, that kind of an idea of an intellectual - someone who is literally in love with ideas.

He's really mellow. Not mellow in a boring way. Mellow in his laid-back, comfortable with himself kind of way. You can learn a lot from that kind of personality type. He works really hard, but he balances it all really well.

Students were talking about his connectivity and openness.

There are only about four to five students who appeal their grade every semester, but after talking to their professor and me, there is only about one student who actually goes through with the whole process.