Good professor, just a lot of busy work throughout the week. Every week we had two discussion posts, one midterm, a paper mid quarter and a huge paper as the final. Really interesting class, just be prepared for a ton of readings and discussions.

Super nice. Seems like she cares. Slides are just a repeat of the readings, you don't learning anything in class, but you she has iclicker attendance so you must be there. Assigns an unreal amount of busy work. Like unreal amount. Would strongly avoid taking this class. Wish I didn't

Incompetent!!!

Ignore the other reviews! She's an incredible professor who really does care. She's not the kind to have awkward pauses waiting for students to answer; she's lively and always brings a cheerful mood into the class. She's very easy to talk to, and for an introvert, I really appreciate her approachability. Got rid of the final exam!

Houston is very nice outside of the classroom but her teaching skills are lacking. Test questions are difficult and often are not related to concepts gone over in class. Required readings are dense and her lecture slides just restate what is in the reading with little clarification. She is very disorganized so rely on the TA for everything

(COMM 88) Used an old professor's slides and didn't know the material so she couldn't answer student questions--relied on TAs a lot. Would waste half the class on dumb activities that she didn't think through. Midterm and final questions didn't match what we learned in lecture. Lots of inconsistencies in assignment instructions vs what she told us.