Nall is an expert in American Politics/Public Policy. The course is structured to mimic a graduate-level course. You will read long, complex texts and elaborate on the content in lectures. 106AD focuses on the evolution of the U.S. bureaucracy since the 1800s and theories from APD. Also, he respects and rewards hard workers; the grind is worth it.

It's a lot of reading that you have to do. Some of them were interesting and others were a bore, but the participation in class made it far more engaging. He teaches it like a grad-school level class, so if you're interested in getting a taste of upper-level academia, I would recommend this class. Also the final paper was actually quite interesting

Nall is difficult. Its nice seeing someone so knowledgeable, but wow this class is impossibly difficult. Expect to read a ton of complex readings. On top of that, you MUST participate in the class. It's a huge part of the grade and there IS cold calling. Also, expect difficult grading on the difficult quizzes on the difficult readings.

Pretty chill class if you go to lecture and follow the directions on the assignments and tests!

Felt disrespected and undervalued as a woman and a minority. His x profile says everything you need to know about him. He wasn't Stanford material and ended up getting the job at UCSB where he really tries to make the life of everyone more miserable. If you take him, make sure that you are aware that he is very fragile and emotional.

He is ok. He doesn't post lecture slides and doesn't allow laptops, which would be fine, except his lectures sometimes get very tangent-y. There is so much reading. The assignments aren't very hard, and there are not very many, but you don't get ANY feedback about your grade on the short answer questions he assigns each week, and there is no rubric