Blankholm is an incredible professor, he clearly cares immensely about his work and his students. He's very easy to get in touch with and is willing to help you with anything. His grading is straight forward. In this class you get to go to a religious site of your choosing to do hands on research, highly recommend!

Fantastic professor with a lot if knowledge to share. Extremely smart guy that clearly knows his material and is passionate for it. Super interesting content, and engaging subject matter. Really cares about his students, and genuinely wants everyone to succeed. I'm a STEM major, but this was definitely one of my favorite courses at UCSB

Amazing lecturer, made it worth getting up for the 8AM. Amazing readings & you get to do research on a field site of your choosing leading up to a final paper of 8-10 pages. Midterm and final are the same format, but the final also has an essay, and are straightforward tests if you go to lecture (which is mandatory anyway). Super caring, love him!

Prof Blankholm is one of my favorite professors at UCSB. He is SO passionate about American religion and it shows in his lectures. They are riveting. There are about 30 pgs of reading per week, but no textbook, which is nice. One easy essay due at the end. Midterm(s) and final were totally fair. I can't wait to take one of his upper divs.

He's an amazing professor. Knows his stuff and explains things well. Lecture is a must since he leaves stuff out of the slides he puts online. If you study and do your work you will be fine. Overall great professor and class