Professor Blake is one of the best professors I ever had at UCSB! She is so caring and gives phenomenal feedback on everything whether it be a paragraph, a thesis statement, or a paper draft. She made every text so interesting and her lectures are so enriching. She is very approachable and makes every student feel special. Take her if you can!!

Amazing professor. She will change the way you think about everything. So intelligent, so caring and helpful. It would be a mistake to not take at least one class with her. Highly, highly recommend.

I loved this class. One of my favorite GEs. You NEED to read everything assigned. And there are LOTS of readings from full (short) books to articles to excerpts. Blake is the funniest and most passionate professor I've taken. As a STEM major I loved this class, but I love reading. Lots of extra credit ops. In class pop quizzes occasionally.

Professor Blake was a good teacher, midterm was fairly easy- final you get a study sheet (fill in the blanks was very hard) TAs are very unhelpful but they decide your grade. One-Two books a week and interesting course topics, wouldnt recommend for the “easy” GE but gets alot covered

The essays, readings, and pop quizzes weren't bad. The material as a whole is well put together. Requires a decent amount of effort, but reasonable for a GE. Her tangents were off-putting though, so I prob wouldn't take her again.

Disorganized rambles, there's a difference between "amazing inspirational Iectures" and "won't stop talking." 3 pop quizzes, each has questions on board for students to pick from, the answer 1 person gives determines EVERYONE'S SC0RE. Low-quality slides. 2 writing assignments, midterm, final. Extremely TA dependent, but otherwise easy.