Took Professor Keum for POLS110DA. She is highly knowledgeable and clearly passionate about her field. That said, her grading style is harsh and often feels unfair. If your work isn't exactly what she wants, expect a low grade regardless of effort.

Many professors have fancy degrees but are not good at teaching. Not Prof Keum. She is an AMAZING educator. Care about her students and goes above and beyond for them. Recommend

For Pols 1. lectures organized but it was mainly her conversing with students in lecture to teach which was engaging and a unique approach but sometimes difficult to know what was going on. I'd say it's the hardest class out of the pols pre-reqs. The papers are graded really harshly, and midterms based on frq reading + author title excerpt ID.

SO GOOD! She is so caring and although the material itself is quite boring, she makes it engaging and is super sweet. I am so lucky to have taken this class with her! A lot of heavy readings (I didn't read most until right before the midterm because it was mainly based on identifying quotes/authors but was fine). Made the final online/take home.

This was for PS1, not 187 There seems to be an arbitrary and not well explained standard of grading in her class. She's an extremely kind person, but the feedback you receive from office hours, lectures, and section are almost useless when it comes to performing well on tests, midterms, or essays. Great lectures, unfair grading standards.

Professor Keum might be young but she is an absolute sweetheart and is very passionate in teaching. Lectures are mostly student lead discussions, course work is relatively light and the courses is graded on a very few things but do not neglect the readings for a significant chunk of the midterms and final will be from it.