Passionate, caring, and witty. Class is run seminar style and it's pretty go-with-the-flow. Lots of reading, but the conversations about said readings were always in-depth and enjoyable. Literatures of decolonisation are, by their nature, heavy to deal with, but Prof. Sides did a fantastic job. Kind and accessible outside of class too.

One of the best classes I have taken.

One of the best classes I've taken in college! can't recommend it enough. It's easy to get an A in this class, but you have to be comfortable participating and sharing thoughts. You get out of it what you put in.

Kirk Sides was a wonderful professor and I genuienly looked forward to his class each week. This was my first college English class (needed a literature credit) and I truly feel like I got so much out of this class. Definitely reccomend!!!!

One of the reasons I took this class is because of how well Kirk was rated on this website; I will say it is true of how passionate he is on the topic, it shows through his discussion during lectures. However, I will say to enter this class with some strong experience in writing (as there's a midterm and final paper) that he grades a little harsh.

Professor Sides is truly passionate about what he teaches, which makes the class that much more enjoyable. While there are a lot of assigned readings, these too are interesting and thought-provoking. Taking this class as a non-English major, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would due to the class structure and overall vibe.

Prof Sides did an amazing job all semester. He is super passionate about the subject and that really carries through to his teaching style. He cares deeply for his students and is really flexible in terms of being there to support them. As a student that normally does not like English courses, I found that I looked forward to this class each week.

This was a class I looked forward to every week. Professor Sides is very knowledgeable and extremely passionate about these topics. He truly cares about his students and puts a lot of effort into the content of this class. He's very sweet and will always help students where he can. I would recommend this course to any and everyone.

Prof Kirk is absolutely amazing. I needed to fulfill a lit course for my degree and I was looking for a class where I didn't need to write many papers and this is the class. I only had to write two papers and do one group project. I wasn't looking forward to this class at all, as I am a stem girly but this soon became a class I looked forward to!

He cares about his students and lectures. He opens up conversations about decolonization and colonization when it comes to Literature. I would recommend this class to everyone

He is super passionate about his class and is a really sweet professor. Will help you with everything you need and I highly reccomend taking this class.