literally the coolest dude!!! take his class.

Great lectures and assignments are manageable if you go to lecture and skim the readings. Quick responder to emails and gives good feedback. Very knowledgeable, I highly recommend! Unfortunately everything was graded by the TA so I can't say much about his grading style, but I ended up doing well anyway. Thanks Prof. Thaler!

TAKE HIS CLASS!! i had prof thaler for global 120 & 124 and he's AMAZING!! super understanding about personal situations and easy for you to reach if you ever have a question about content or the course itself outside of class. class mainly based off 1 MCQ midterm, a paper, and a super fun, open-ended final project. interesting course material

One of my favorite classes at UCSB! Professor Thaler is amazing and gives great feedback on assignments. He grades based on weekly reading responses, an op ed, a final research paper, and participation in small group discussions.The content of this class is very interesting and relevant. This class is also very low stress, I highly recommended it.

Prof Thaler is a great guy. Very clear on what he expects, but it's not too much. His lectures are great and easy to understand. Attendance isn't mandatory at lecture, but it is at section.

Thaler gives awesome lectures. Clear, consistent, understandable, and often keeps them to just an hour long. Only a few main assignments to be graded on which we were well prepared for.