Absolutely the worst experience I've had at ucsb this man I don't understand how he's a professor he doesn't respond to emails. Is blatantly rude during class time and is not accessible in any form or even the slightest bit interested in his students. He also clearly doesn't have a grasp on the English language and trust me I don't mind an accent.

Very harsh grader and accused me of using AI for my assignments when I did not. You are. not really sure what criteria you are being graded on until you get the grade.

Professor Alves is a great and flexible teacher for this class. There were a lot of weekly assigned readings, but never any homework. There was one group project, one written midterm, and our final was a podcast assignment. Participation counts because this is more of a discussion-based class, but it's a great class!

Professor Alves made lectures interesting! Along with TA Lexxus being super sweet and understanding, this class was really easy and as long as you pay attention in lecture and do the readings, it's an easy pass. Do know that this class is participation heavy, but it's really not that bad at all.

Sweetest professor ever —very lecture-heavy, but no assignments. Participation matters, but as long as you engage in conversation on the topics in class, you'll be fine. Would definitely take another class from him.

Professor Alves does not care about his students. This quarter, he has given us multiple assignments that are due within two days of his posting the prompt, often posting on Friday, due on Sunday. Many students work on the weekends. Additionally, he is usually late to his own class. Students wait 20+ minutes with no communication from the prof