Attendance isn't required but she grades you on weekly lecture notes, readings and videos that are excessively long and she doesn't post lectures. She is a difficult professor+extremely unfair. The TA's aren't any better(Vera)she was a tough grader. You could spend an entire day working on this class and still get points off for the smallest things

Attendance isn't required, but not only does she refuse to upload lecture slides but asks students to submit weekly lecture notes (Graded based on the amount of notes you take). She's knowledgable about ethnic studies topics but her lectures were almost always irrelevant tangents. I learned a lot more from the guest lecturers and documentaries.

Extremely Bias

Most of the grade takes place right at the class ends, which can lead to a massive switch in your grade last second. Lectures are incredibly dull, most of the time she speaks for over an hour, with little class communication. But there is “class participation” that you will do, but no one actually benefits from it. Terrible class, avoid it with her

I had a great experience with Dr. Ho. Although there was a lot of reading, I was fully engaged for the entire semester and found everything super interesting. Dr. Ho herself is also a great professor to talk to in and out of class – she is super sweet and understanding, easy to access for office hours, and explains all of the concepts well.

She was difficult to have as a professor. You never know what your current/up-to-date grade is because she doesn't put in grades on time. Papers had little to no structure in what she wanted as there was no rubric and prompts were EXTREMELY vague. She lacks accountability and empathy when students make mistakes due to her lack of details

Teacher was unfair and extremely late in grading on all assignments. Dr. Ho's lectures were not engaging. It seems like no matter what you do, she is not impressed. She is one of those teachers who want to make their class hard to pass for students. She offered little to no help in general. She also makes the class way harder than it needs to be.

She makes this introductory ethnic studies course so hard for no reason. Unclear what is expected to receive a good grade, as average on assignments are mid 80s, no rubric provided. Required attendance everyday + professor doesn't care about accommodations/personal circumstances. One of the most unempathic, inconsiderate professors I've had.

Lectures are not engaging, midterms and final are graded extremely harshly with no rubric, criteria, or feedback. Grades are put in LITERALLY the last day. Spent an obscene amount of time and effort on the final project with group that didn't put in work and received mediocre grade with no explanation.

Can't see grade all semester, TOUGH grader and no feedback/rubric provided, mandatory attendance three days a week, AVOID!

Dr. Ho is knowledgeable about the topics, but I didn't find her lectures to be very engaging and I often felt bored. The class wasn't particularly difficult, but there is a semester-long group project that counts for a large portion of the grade and that you aren't given a lot of guidance on, so make sure you choose your group members wisely.

Get ready to go to every lecture, have group projects, and be bored in class. There are many in-class assignments worth a lot of points, doesn't answer emails or respect accommodations for missing lectures. Class is intresting but there are many words on the board and videos watched in class.

Lisa is a good professor, and a really cool person to talk to. That being said, sometimes grading can be a little bit too strict for the topic at hand and focuses far too much on some of the busy work than a reflection of understanding.

The grading criteria for the essays are weird. You can follow it can still get an B. There's lots of reading involved and lectures are just powerpoints reviewing the reading. This is not a gpa booster course.

I was a student who got A's in all subjects, even the very hard major classes. But she is the most annoying professor I've ever seen, I've never hated such a course so much, the course content is boring the teacher is not much fun, and the three exams even according to her requirements to write or even imitate the sample essay can not get 85.

Took ASIANAM240 online. Attendance is mandatory, you get a limited amount of unexcused absences. Lot's of reading and writing for a 3 credits course. She was very accessible but this felt like a 4 credits course rather than a 3. If you're looking for a GPA booster, look elsewhere.

Genuinely the sweetest, most caring, passionate professor I have ever had at UW-Madison! She really knows her stuff and is very understanding of any difficulties I had. She always talked about relevant current events in her material and even cancelled class once to instead have an open discussion on AAPI hate and its effect on us. Best professor!!!

Took Eating Asian America, less fluffy food talk than I originally thought, but still very interesting and I learned more applicable knowledge than I guessed. Exams are short essays. Attendance is mandatory but the lectures are very interesting. Was online due to COVID but felt like a normal class due to encouraged participation and interaction.