Helen is THE best. The way she shows support and enormous amount of care for her student is truly amazing. Especially during such a challenging time, she created this amazing and supportive environment in her class where we can all express ourselves, sharing support, and learn. Overall, 10/10. Amazing class and amazing professor. Hands down.

Professor Taschian is one of my favorite professors at UCSB- she's one of the only professors I've had that been understanding with students during the pandemic. Lots of readings but encourages group work/discussion so it's not too bad. Participate and ask questions and you'll be fine. Weekly reading journal and one 12 pg final paper. no exams.

Professor Tashcian is a bit all over the place when it comes to lectures, so it can be hard to take notes. Readings are mandatory as you have weekly summaries.

As a professor and teacher, Helen was wonderful. Very intelligent and eager for class discussions, as well as responsive outside of class. There are lots of readings per week, but most of them you can just scan over or skip completely. The lectures very loosely relate to those readings, if at all. Papers due every week + a long research paper final