Waid's a genius. This Faulkner seminar is one of the most difficult classes I've ever taken... but I've now read more Faulkner than most of the world ever will (5 novels). One 9-page paper (6-page draft) and a 3hr final. Read as much as you can, but Sparknotes can save you during lectures.

It's been two decades since I took Candace's classes but I was looking through some old things, found a reader (and a painful essay we won't be talking about), and went down memory lane. Candace was one of my faves at UCSB and I think I took four classes from her. Highly recommend Faulkner or anything from the American South. Delightful woman.

Incredibly unhelpful and at times demeaning. Has nothing relevant to say about novels in class, and is a walking "Uhm actually" charicature. Skip her and take literally anyone else.

TA barely graded anything until the last few weeks, prof submitted grades almost 2 weeks late. Disputed 'inflated' 'wrong' online grades of 90-100% and just straight up removed a letter grade from other people I talked to. 100% gets an A-, etc. Reading (800+ pages) wasn't really needed. Attendance was threatened but not taken in a 200 person room.

You have to be able to speak the language of Prof. Waid. She is kind, intelligent, & inspiring. What hurt me was to see the level of disrespect from the class toward her (laughing at her when she gets passionate). This class is NOT an "easy A". If you are planning to take this class to fulfill some requirement, I would recommend a different one.

Professor Raley was ok, the class itself wasn't hard, it was hard to pay attention. I felt like she treated the class as if it wasn't a GE and we were all English majors. Overall just make sure you have an understanding of the assignments and you'll do good. Also attendance is mandatory for section, and missing more than 2 will affect your grade.

The materials and lectures are fine, but the professor really ruined the experience as she counts a total grade around 95 as an A-. Don't have a clear grading scale. Very few students get A. Would recommend to take other professors' Engl10 as Professor Raley really overcomplicated this course.

genius and an amazing lecturer and person!

Favorite professor

I have mixed feelings about Professor Raley. She was super generous, cared about her students, and truly passionate and educated on the material. However, her lectures could be boring and it was as if she spoke in essay format. The class was very different than your average English class, but overall wasn't too bad.

Lectures can be interesting but very often get boring and monotonous. Professor Raley is for sure an educated individual and she know's what she's talking about. It's the TA's that make it worse in this class for everyone, as very often they don't seem like they want to be there or know what they are doing. Papers are pretty strange and hard too.

Really bad, held a final over our heads the whole time and then didn't put in a grade when grades were due until 2 weeks later. Extremely unclear, got mad when kids left early even though it was a 3 hour class. Nice enough when you try to email her 1 on 1, but ultimately a very bad professor.

Most unprofessional teacher.She took the syllabus off Guachospace so we couldnt see the grading criteria. Held a final over students heads(never happened)Hard to follow lectures. She took it into her own hands against what TAs told us for grading on final projects,went back to grade projects harder resulting in NA grade for two weeks after deadline

Unclear expectations throughout the entire quarter and she rambled in lecture. Constantly told us we might have a final to scare people into reading or going to lecture. Right when grades were due, she decided to regrade everything herself with a "higher level of scrutiny" because of poor attendance and submitted grades 2 weeks late. Such a joke

The least organized, almost rude professor I have ever had. Never knew what was going on in the class. Like others I still have not received a grade. So confused 0/10 recommend.

The most frustrating course of all time. Professor was completely unorganized. Deadlines were not clear and had to get all information from the poor TA. She literally deleted the syllabus halfway through. A possible final was hung above our heads the entire quarter. It has been two weeks since grades were due and they are still not finalized.

Was extremely disorganized, got all information from section. After the quarter ended, she decided that lecture attendance was too low and that she would grade each of the final projects "with a higher standard of scrutiny" and I only got to know this from my TA, after he told us that if we put effort towards our project we would get an A.

I really tried to see the good that all of these reviews were talking about, but I just couldn't. Lecture was disorganized and completely off-topic from the course at times, and Prof. Waid held a fake final exam over our heads all quarter, not clarifying what our final was until week 9. Grades were due on GOLD days ago, but everyone has an NR.

I am so confused by the good reviews. She is kookie and passionate, but I felt her class was disorganized. Course expectations were unclear. I did not know (and still don't) if there will be a formal final exam. I would take a different class if possible.

Raley isnt bad, but I feel she overcomplicated the course far more than was needed, considering it's an intro English GE class. Had Jamal Russell for TA and that brother is a monster when it comes to grading, making everything also harder than it has to be.

Professor Raley is actually pretty good. You can tell she is passionate about the topics she teaches. I took the class because I heard it was an easy GE. Big mistake. TA Jamal grades insanely hard is quite bland to be honest. I heard the class itself is easy with other professors. Wouldn't take it again unless I was forced.

You can tell Professor Raley is really passionate about the material & puts a lot of effort into her class -- but she expects a lot from her students. Assignment instructions can be vague & are only given at lectures. Class is doable if you aren't an English major/into writing.

Lectures are so disorganized, she uses a million quotes and expects everyone to understand every reference that she makes. It's not necessarily a difficult course but it's structured poorly, and section is pointless but attendance is mandatory. Every lecture feels the same, and assignments don't really feel like they go with what we are learning.

I had a horrible flu and made plans with her over email. I had just spent an evening in the ER because I was dehydrated and couldn't keep fluids down. In about th 5th email I forgot to call her "Dr prof etc" and she decided like it was the time and place to lecture me over it. Funny how this handily undid any respect or authority her title implies.