PROFESSORS

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1SF

Stacy Forster

9.8/10 · 30 community ratings

1693Some ratings

2MW

Michael Wagner

9.4/10 · 33 community ratings

1666Some ratings

3PH

Pat Hastings

9.6/10 · 14 community ratings

1653Few ratings

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4LPLindsay Palmer85 community ratingsSome ratings1648—91%

5JBJames Baughman12 community ratingsFew ratings1647——

6KRKaryn Riddle15 community ratingsFew ratings1643—100%

7PLPete Long11 community ratingsFew ratings1643—100%

8GAGerman Alvarez7 community ratingsFew ratings1621——

9dpdexter patterson5 community ratingsFew ratings1621—100%

10WSWendy Swanberg5 community ratingsFew ratings1621—100%

11DMDouglas McLeod8 community ratingsFew ratings1596—100%

12JWJing Wang3 community ratingsFew ratings1591—100%

13SWSteve Walters8 community ratingsFew ratings1575——

14GDGreg Downey80 community ratingsSome ratings1567—73%

15DSDhavan Shah46 community ratingsSome ratings1565—71%

16KCKaty Culver39 community ratingsSome ratings1564—88%

17SRSue Robinson5 community ratingsFew ratings1561—100%

18JEJo Ellen Fair5 community ratingsFew ratings1553—100%

19JMJack Mitchell49 community ratingsSome ratings1550—100%

20CWChristopher Wells39 community ratingsSome ratings1548—63%

21KMKathryn McGarr18 community ratingsFew ratings1543—68%

22SDSharon Dunwoody1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

23ASAdam Schrager1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

24LGLucas Graves14 community ratingsFew ratings1540—58%

25BWBrule Woods1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

26JKJisoo Kim1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

27EAElaine Almeida1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

28JDJustin Doherty1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

29HCHelen Cho1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

30TMTae Moon1 community ratingFew ratings1540—100%

31RSRon Seely3 community ratingsFew ratings1540—100%

32AHAllison Howell1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

33DBDeborah Blum1 community ratingFew ratings1540——

34DMDoug McLeod22 community ratingsFew ratings1531—100%

35RSRobert Schwoch3 community ratingsFew ratings1527—100%

36PLPatty Loew1 community ratingFew ratings1526——

37MFMichael Flaherty10 community ratingsFew ratings1525—0%

38DSDietram Scheufele70 community ratingsSome ratings1519—70%

39SHShawnika Hull19 community ratingsFew ratings1503——

40RERobert E. Drechsel8 community ratingsFew ratings1502——

41DBDominique Brossard7 community ratingsFew ratings1502——

42MAMark Anthony Rolo1 community ratingFew ratings1498——

43MSMolly Steenson12 community ratingsFew ratings1491——

44HRHernando Rojas54 community ratingsSome ratings1488—72%

45SRSheila Reaves4 community ratingsFew ratings1487——

46SWStephen Ward2 community ratingsFew ratings1486——

47HSHemant Shah14 community ratingsFew ratings1478—33%

48SVStephen Vaughn14 community ratingsFew ratings1478——

49KCKathleen Culver1 community ratingFew ratings1455—100%

50MFMax Fuller2 community ratingsFew ratings1448—50%

51MHMatt Hermann2 community ratingsFew ratings1448—50%

52LFLewis Friedland17 community ratingsFew ratings1424—100%

53DPDebra Pierce14 community ratingsFew ratings1390—44%

54YMYoung Mie Kim17 community ratingsFew ratings1319—10%

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