Professor Lawson is good at giving lectures, fairly funny but for people who struggle to understand the material, or try to ask for help in any way, good luck because you're better off figuring things out for yourself. He'll most likely tell you to talk to the TA or vaguely suggest to just try harder if you're not doing well on quiz's and tests.

Dr. Lawson put in a good effort to keep classes interesting with his humor. All exams were open book and so were the weekly quizzes and there were not any trick questions; it was a pretty straightforward class. Graded by 2 essays, weekly quizzes, attendance, a midterm, and a final. It's an interesting class if you're in the bio anthropology major.

Chill professor, great class!

LOVED Dr. Lawson! She is super clear in class and very friendly. Definitely attend lectures to get the in-class points and they help a lot with the projects and assignments. Would definitely take another class with her!

Prof. Lawson is awesome. As long as you do the work and put in the effort you will do well. Highly recommend.

Professor Lawson is one of the most charismatic professors I have had at UCSB. His lectures are concise and very entertaining. The class is about 8 assignments and he drops the lowest score. The midterm was easy and the final is worth 30% of your grade which is a group project comprised of a presentation and policy brief.