The HOTTEST Professors

Move over, Maxim – RateMyProfessors.com has its own hot list, and this year George Washington University’s Daniel Gutstein was voted hottest overall, and he has quite a bit to say about the honor:

When [I first learned of the award] I thought it was a friend of mine playing a joke, but I'm grateful for this distinction, and even more grateful for my wonderful, good-humored students, who have endured my goofy stories and hard-nosed teaching style over the years. While I'm sure that there are better looking professors out there, I think that my students probably credited my "body language" and my -- je ne sais quoi -- intangibles.

RateMyProfessors.com picked the top ten hottest according to the following methodology:

A professor who received a chili pepper is considered "hot." Chili peppers are awarded based on the sum of positive and negative (hot or not) ratings. For instance, if a professor receives 7 "hots" and 6 "nots" the hots will be counted as "+" and the "nots" as "-". The sum of these (7-6) equals 1, meaning the professor will receive a chili pepper. If the result had been negative, the professor would not receive a chili pepper. Professors are ranked by highest numerical value in this case. For instance a -3 result is higher than a -4.

Below, see which professors were dubbed the country’s hottest. RateMyProfessors.com has more, including lists of the top universities and best professors.

1) Daniel Gutstein
Creative Writing, George Washington University

2) Dr. Jean-Marie Dauplaise
English, University of Wisconsin - Stout

3) Anna Marie Hibble
English, San Francisco State University

4)Lesley Yoder
Languages, Boston University

5) Eric Robertson
Communication, San Diego State University

6)William Alderman
Business, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical Col

7)Tim Ridenour
Mathematics, University of California Riverside

8) Danius Remeza
English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

9) Thomas Randolph Beard
Economics, Auburn University

10) Tu Ngo
Mathematics, American River College

Below check out pictures of some of the hot professors on this list (In no particular order).

Do you have a professor blessed with both brains and beauty? Tell us in the comments section.

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Daniel Gutstein, Creative Writing, George Washington University

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[rbryanh]

01:04 PM on 06/26/2011

The comments here are fascinating, not least for the near universal belief that "hot" is entirely a function of someone's appearance, and also for the equally absurd assumption that a photograph represents anything other than itself.

[Demarcus Jackson]

05:53 PM on 06/22/2011

I have a hot pepper. I guess I'm not hot enough though to make the cut. Dang! I guess I will go on just ignoring RateMyProfessors.com and continue doing my job as a challenging educator.

[Pilatunes]

12:04 PM on 06/21/2011

Gee, the pool must be a pretty shallow one.

[smbjoe]

01:14 PM on 06/10/2011

Hate to pop your bubble, but after 20 years at the University of Arizona there are no such things as hot professors (unless you mean temperature wise as it is over 100 here half the year). For the most part they look like bums who wear shorts and flip flops to work, I'm sure they can relate to their students who dress exactly the same way. The only way to tell a professor from a student is that the professors are generally older and dressed more like hobos. Now that's HOT! Would you pay thousands for your child to be taught by someone who doesn't care enough to put pants on ;-)

[rbryanh]

01:02 PM on 06/26/2011

My parents wouldn't equate someone's teaching qualifications with their personal style or dress, but then my parents are unusually intelligent.

[Datway]

11:46 AM on 06/10/2011

Daniel Gutstain looks like he is one three-wheeled bike away from wearing a JOFA Hockey helmet. Stepping back, University professors..Since the cost of higher ed has gone up so much, I liken them to corner pimps. University workers are a detriment to this country..

[emlr]

10:47 AM on 06/10/2011

Daniel Gutstein...NOT HOT!!!

[ABACADABRA RABBIT]

07:49 PM on 06/07/2011

Are you kidding me!~?!~?!?

:(

[garystartswithg]

12:10 PM on 06/16/2011

i think hot professors are as fictional as that librarian that never appeared in playboy. i acutally worked at a library and they turned down an applicant for director because he was deemed too attractive by the murder of old crows.
Oh wait -- i have dated a couple adjuncts. ick.

[lonewolfwisconsin]

09:48 AM on 06/04/2011

This is a joke,...right? They are Mutts...

[TicTucTo]

08:49 AM on 06/04/2011

It's always nice to have a good-looking professor... male or female. Regarding this list, all I have to say is that I have definitely seen hotter.

[Cream of the PLANETEARTH]

03:00 PM on 06/03/2011

Those are the two hottest female professors???? Not even worth compiling the list in the first place!

[wendelswerk]

02:27 PM on 05/31/2011

laughable!

[WaterCloset]

02:02 AM on 05/31/2011

Where be the hot engineering and science majors???

[SBinF]

07:18 PM on 06/09/2011

They're all on a cruise with Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, and her unicorn.

[Virginia Dobson]

02:06 PM on 06/19/2011

They do exist - just go people watching outside the CRC at Ga Tech.

[deputykelley]

11:42 AM on 05/28/2011

i wouldnt have been mad if the blonde was my teacher

[palindrom]

10:46 PM on 05/27/2011

For all you disparaging these ratings of hotness -- RateMyProfessor's 'serious' ratings are just about as valid!

[I'm a professor, but I'm not angry about bad ratings -- I'm not even rated! -- but their ratings are clearly not even worth the silicon they're stored on.]

[basta]

12:00 PM on 05/27/2011

Gutstein is butt ugly.