took Econ 9. Unorganized. Unclear. A whole mess. Last minute. Makes lectures and review hard because she takes stuff off of gauchospace.

This was a bad semester. she helped out with grades by extra credit and corrections on work. Good person and smart professor just a bad semester. Hopefully next semester will be better.

This semester was a mess, but she understood and felt bad and helped out many peoples grades. I think if you have her in the future you will be okay and to ignore these reviews, just make sure to be ready to read and study. I think she just had a hard time adjusting to being back in school like many students.

She is a terrible teacher. She is a very nice person however and seems like if she had her stuff together she could be a very enjoyable professor. But she can not teach, something happened during coronavirus to her and its obvious she has horrible disorganization issues, anxiety, and is all over the place constantly.

Never made grades available the entire semester so there was no way of knowing how you were doing in the class. Never replied to emails and was very unhelpful in answering questions. Her lectures would get off topic so you basically have to teach yourself the entire course. Said teaching was only worth it inperson but would cancel class once a week

The most disorganized professor ever. Quiz solutions and even lectures were riddled with mistakes that were never fixed. She never answered emails, and would frequently forget to post things for us. It is agonizing to watch your professor restructure the class every week because of their incompetence. Your grade is essentially a mystery. AVOID

she is a mess. I have never been a class so disorganized. if i knew the class would of been like this i would of done it online asynchronous, her lectures are her running off topic every time. if you want to learn you have to teach yourself, she canceled two classes in a row before our first exam, and 4 classes in a row before our second exam.

I didn't know it was possible for a person to be so disorganized. The worst class I've taken at UCSB, not because the content is hard, but because Benelli never has any idea what is going on. I feel bad for all of the students in this class. Prof shouldn't be able to harm students' grades because of organization but she gets away with it. AVOID.

the most disorganized, all over the place professor i've ever had. she's nice as a person but cannot structure a class whatsoever. never even posted the full syllabus. wasn't clear about instructions/guidelines for final project. lecture videos too vague to understand concepts enough for quizzes. wouldn't post lectures/lessons on time. not worth it

She is so weird and her homework and quizzes dont match up with what she lectures on. Half of the time shell post a word doc of random math which makes no sense without context. Unless you enjoy teaching yourself everything from an equally useless textbook definitely stay away from this dumpster fire of quarter organization and class in general

Cindy was fabulous. Even with covid Cindy was able to make herself available to all her students, and gave lectures to the same quality one would expect while attending in person classes. Cindy was also a caring human being who (unlike my other professors) understood the difficulty of learning online for most students. I am very grateful.

I did not mind this class. Stuart had all of the lectures posted so you could go at your own pace before the midterms. 3 midterms, 3 FRQs on each with 150 word limit for each question. I took 100B w another professor b4 & had to drop, and it was all math. With Stuart, I really was able to understand the concepts as opposed to j memorizing formulas.

The worst prof I've ever had. Ended w/ an 89 but received a B so he down-curved without telling us. Gave awful lectures where he would would read off tiny font, handwritten notes. So rude & wont tell u how he grades the exams, why u got something wrong, & will not let u talk to a TA or get regrade. Gives v few A's. Grades randomly :( did not learn

I received overall 91.25% but it turn out to be a B+. Never understand how he grades.

Professor Benelli is one of the most caring person I ever met but with the worst capability of organization. Of course I understand that things been tough for all of us during the pandemic, but changing syllabus and grading in week 7 is just going too far.

What exactly was I paying for? Completely disconnected. All prerecorded lectures. Totally useless. He did not do anything this quarter. I could have received a better education from YouTube.

Probably the most disconnected professor Ive ever had; he wouldnt even go to office hours. I get he had difficulty with technology but still. Feel like I learned nothing in this class even though I did really well on tests.

Professor Stuart is my bai. He's super knowledgeable about the material and is very good at explaining it in a way that can be understood. He writes the notes as he goes which makes sure that it is easy for students to follow along and take all the notes they need.

Professor Stuart is very knowledgeable, and his lectures/material for this class are definitely a good learning experience if you have any interest in governmental finance. However, he is a tough grader and isn't always clear on how to actually get that good grade. The class is 50% midterm and 50% final, and both exams are written responses.

Prof. Benelli is caring, but her lack of organization just ruins the class. Lectures can be confusing, and sometimes she would just explain a concept that isn't relevant to the course. I appreciate her for recording lectures, but she sometimes a week late to post them. Paper and final needs more guided instruction of what she wants.

This class is horrible. I've never had a teacher like Mrs. Benelli, she has such an odd way of teaching and doesn't explain things adequately. She's extremely disorganized and is hard to follow. Don't take her!!

The most disorganized prof I have ever seen. Lectures are messy. She promised to do a lot of things but did not do any. She would mess up your study plan. It is the 5th week now, but she still hasn't posted any instructions about our homework, quizzes, and papers. I am so confused about this class.

Cindy is an amazing person and professor. We did not get along at 1st but she grew on me. She provides a lot of resources to help you do well and the class comes with a huge curve. She is so smart and well educated. She also actually cares about her students and their lives, Ive had hour long discussions with her multiple times.

I genuinely liked professor Stuarts lectures. What he wrote on the board is what you needed to know and that was it. Many professors just lecture off 100s of powerpoint slides but not Stuart, just a few pages of notes each class. Reading the book helps a lot as well as doing practice problems.