Professor Mayes is easily one of the best instructors I've ever had. He is extremely inspirational and genuinely cares about all of his students. He's super passionate about teaching, and I got a lot out of this class. I could not recommend his classes more!!

awesome prof. i got a 79 on the mid but 100 on the final. ended with an A-. the only criticism is that i received my midterm score 5 days before the final was due. that's lowkey the TA's fault tho.

Great prof very funny: lectures were always engaging. Take home essay for midterm and final, but its easy if you take good notes and skim some readings. Attendance mandatory, 2 excused absences, but attending OH clears absences. Highly recommend a very interesting subject and easy A. Loved Professor Mayes!

Awesome professor and class is so interesting! The only thing is that I was assigned more readings for this class than I have maybe ever at UCSB, so even if you try your absolute best it is very unlikely you'll be able to keep up with the readings all the time. Otherwise I absolutely recommend this class or any class with Professor Mayes!

We only had a midterm and final. Smooth grader. Funny in lecture. slides don't align with what he says, I didnt read but finding the books were easy online.

Professor Mayes is always mobile, engaging, and passionate. On top of this, he is clearly an expert on what he teaches. The only downside of this class was its disorganized nature, but I expect him to resolve this as it was his first term at UCSB. He was easy to talk to and reasonable about grades. He even showed off his great taste in music.