Teaching Evaluations
The winner of the 2024-2025 Provost Outstanding Teaching Award, the Association of Emeriti Faculty Endowed Fellowship, the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in the Department of English, and the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, Daria Goncharova is committed to fostering an inclusive environment built on equity, hands-on learning, and collaboration. This page speaks to the excellence of her teaching with selections from anonymous student evaluations and faculty class observations.
WRD 112: Accelerated Composition & Communication I & II
Spring 2022 (in person)
“I think the most helpful aspects of this course were the tutorials on how to use the library and other resources because those are things that I will be able to continue to use throughout my time at UK.”
“Miss Goncharova provided very helpful feedback on class projects and gave clear, easy to understand instructions regarding assignments. She encouraged class participation which made the class more enjoyable”
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“Having outlines to all major assignments and very well thought out and organized cnavas shell in advance helped to be able to complete assignments in advance if need be. You never question what you need to be working on in this class as it is all laid out at the beginning of the semester.”
“She was very good with responding to emails and questions, very understanding, and overall just fair and respectful. Wonderful environment to learn in, I would 100% take a class with her again if I had the chance.”
ENG 180: Great Films
Spring 2021 (synchronous)
“I think the class zooms were very fun and helpful to my understanding of the films and also gave me different perspectives of students views on the films and how they interpreted the themes.”
“Readings for homework were extremely interesting and definitely improved my contributions in class discussions.”
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“I really enjoyed the Jamboard activities we did for each film.”
“The grading aspect of the instructor was most helpful because it was easily understood. She first praised what you did right rather than starting with the negative which was very helpful.”
ENG 280: Introduction to Film
Fall 2021 (in-person)
"This course was extremely helpful when analyzing aspects of film. It also created great discussion within the class on social issues and film in general.”
“The aspects of the course that were most helpful was the swank used to watch the movies required for classes it really comes in handy for students who can’t afford streaming services.”
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"Daria Goncharova was a caring and helpful professor. She worked hard to make sure everyone was doing they best they could."
Faculty Observations
WRD 111: Composition & Communication II
(Spring 2023; in-person)
"What I saw of Ms. Goncharova's care and attentiveness and patience in class, and heard in the seriousness of her discussion with me two weeks later, leaves me in no doubt that her students are in good hands. In the class I observed, l appreciated her hands-on approach with her students and the way she built reinforcement of the main goal of learning to evaluate evidence into the structure of her class period."
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— Joyce MacDonald, Professor of English, University of Kentucky
WRD 110: Composition & Communication I
(Fall 2022; asynchronous)
"Daria does a wonderful job of introducing herself to students in a friendly, welcoming way. She is anticipating their concerns and addressing them. She did a lovely job of breaking the information about assignments, resources, and the course up into small, digestible chunks. Her Canvas shell was simple and easy to follow. I learned a lot about how to successfully set up an online course from reading through her materials"
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— Janice W. Fernheimer, Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media,
University of Kentucky