Dr. Boddy is AWESOME!! She is passionate about her research and does well incorperating it into the lectures. She makes it interesting and engaging. Few hw assignments, easy weekly reading quizzes help you stay caught up with reading, and the final was an unessay which was basically a fun, creative project! If you have a chance, take her class!!!

Amazing professor who cares about the students. LECTURES: 2x weekly super interesting topics, easy to follow and she makes it fun/relevant and a flexible participation policy (iclicker) HW: not many. always short answer Qs that consolidate main ideas from that weeks lecture. EXAM: scantron w very clear questions and easy answers. no tricks

What a lovely lady. She's super well-respected in the field and helped us through the crisis by remaining calm and always knowing what the right thing to do was. She's kind, intelligent, and an amazing professor, and she does everything you can to make sure you know enough to get a good grade.

Amazing, intelligent, and inspiring instructor. I've taken two classes with Dr. Boddy, and they have been two of the best classes I've taken at UCSB. Her lectures are interesting and engaging, and her assignments/tests logically follow the material you are taught. She is also very accessible and kind.

Truly one of the best classes I've taken! Grade is 4 hmks due throughout the quarter (10% each). Midterm (25%) was online, open note, unlimited time. Weekly reading quizzes 10%, lowest 2 scores dropped. Final (25%) was unessay but you can do a traditional essay too. Dr. Boddy really provides the space to take away what you want from the course!

She is a great lecturer because she is passionate about her work. Very safe environment for questions during lectures. Pace is great and she makes sure to word concepts and ideas in multiple ways ensuring that students can grasp the material in its entirety. Homework assignments and quizzes are all relevant to course content. Not much busy work.