Digeser wasn't the best professor, but she was pretty iconic. Her slides were unorganized, and she makes you take notes by hand, but the content was interesting. She assigned long readings from a textbook, but I still understood the content without doing the readings. If you don't mind taking hand-written notes, then this class isn't too bad.

if you dont have to take this class DO NOT take it. i respect her as she is passionate about her work but the TA's are tough graders and is so lecture heavy. i went to every single one and still didnt get atleast a B. SO much reading too, even my TA told us he had trouble keeping up. please dont take unless you actually need to.

Professor Digeser seems very passionate about the material she teaches. She was very well-spoken, although I felt that sometimes her lectures were a bit boring since her slides were pretty vague. To do well in this class, do the readings. Having the textbook as an extra source for your papers and discussions will help you succeed.

Not necessarily hard but very lecture-heavy. The content was interesting, but the lectures were a bit hard to follow. Her slides don't have much information so you really have to pay attention to what she's saying, which is challenging to keep up with notes while she's talking. You can do well without reading the textbook if you take good notes.