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She is a great professor and really cares about students. She even gave us a week off to work on our papers. There are lots of readings and you'll have to attend lectures which are quite enjoyable imo. I don't think you will fail this class as long as you attend lectures and complete assignments but you'll need to work for an A.Rate My Professors ↗
She was my TA for Soc 138, Soc of gender, and it was clear she was super passionate about the topic! Her discussions were engaging and she was so cool and easy to talk to. Also, she showed us her cat, so I was won over immediately.Rate My Professors ↗
She was my TA for soc 138, she is super knowledgeable about the topic and is very caring about everyone. If you have a chance to take a class with her I would 100% recommend, we always had the best discussionsRate My Professors ↗
Her lectures are never boring. Besides the textbook, I loved the documentary so much!!! You will enjoy the course.Rate My Professors ↗
This class was so fun, I took it online and I still felt like I was involved. She was very understanding and her lectures were super interesting. She's very passionate and I loved this class. It was interesting which made it easy to do the work. In addition, she wasn't all lecture/book, we used lots of podcasts and documentaries.Rate My Professors ↗
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