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You can tell he knows the material but he just flat out can not teach it. Therefore, going to discussion and having a good TA is very important. He stutters a lot during lecture and often times talks very fast but essentially reads off the slides.Rate My Professors ↗
If you want to pass the class with a good grade, you need to have a really good and passionate T.A(which I had) for Richard's section. Richard, most of the time, stuttered a lot, on top of that, he was unprepared for many lectures. I believe he is a good teacher, but there needs to be a lot of improvement.Rate My Professors ↗
AVOID HIM!! He mumbles horribly, You can't understand him at all, and he is VERY unhelpful. The tests took 3 weeks to get a grade back. I went into this class thinking it would be one of my favorites but it was absolutely terrible.Rate My Professors ↗
Avoid him! Explanations of material = incomprehensible. Moves through material wayyy too fast but yet was so uneven that @ the end of course, left out 3 chapters of the book when he ran out of time. Really put me at a disadvantage for my next stats course. Vague guidelines for papers but then grades like you're a PhD student. Take w/ someone else!Rate My Professors ↗
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No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2012 | SOC 134 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States |
| Fall 2011 | C&ESOC/SOC 360 | Statistics for Sociologists I |
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