Todd C Riniolo is hot, hot, hot. That’s what the data shows. The data reside on the website ratemyprofessors.com, where college students can rate their teachers on teaching quality and hotness. Professor Riniolo is chair of the department of social sciences at Medaille College in Buffalo, New York. His ratemyprofessors quality rating is 4.8 (of a possible 5), and he is officially HOT. The hotness is indicated by an orange chilli pepper next to his name.
Professor Riniolo is lead author on a newly published study called “Hot or Not: Do Professors Perceived as Physically Attractive Receive Higher Student Evaluations?” …
So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian.