LOVE ELENA! Her lectures are super interesting and shes very passionate about her lectures. She's so sweet and it's evident she cares about her students and wants us to do well. However, weekly group slides are graded by TA and their response can be tedious and critical.

Easy class overall. The structure of the class is confusing in the beginning but shes always open to answer questions. Group work is a HUGE part of the course, so pray you'll get good partners. Group ppt projects and 2 discussion posts per week. It sounds like a lot but its manageable. Meets in person for lecture 1x/week. Accepts regraded work

Very straightforward SOC class. I enjoyed it, but didn't feel like I learned a whole lot (kinda just reiterated basics from other classes). Group projects every week but pretty easy and seemed to be graded mostly for completion. Thorough slides and interesting discussions. Overall I would recommend.

first class with her and i can say that i am looking forward to taking more classes with her! she's so chill and actually cares about her students. i'd say that the work is manageable. weekly discussion posts, quizzes, and group projects, there is also an attendance portion and the final paper

TAKE HER!!

I have taken three classes with professor Raymond now and she is genuinely one of my favorite professors at UCSB. The courses consists of group work, weekly quizzes, discussion posts, and a five page final paper. I found myself putting about two hours of outside class time a week into this course and got an A in every class. I would recommend!!

I have taken 3 classes with Elena and would definitely say she is one of the easier soc teachers. LOTS of group work.

I have taken her for multiple classes at UCSB. She does a hybrid method so mandatory class is only once a week and she gives you the other day to work on assignments/catch up on the readings. She does assign quite a bit of articles to read but they aren't horrible. There are also weekly group activities and final paper.

This is my second time taking her and I would take her again if I can. She had us do weekly group projects and a final and participation fro the grades. The group projects were not that bad and quite fun. Great class and great professor that is willing to accommodate to her students.

She's a very nice woman and a good teacher. She is very accommodating and the workload is reasonable. I liked taking her class. As long as you follow the material it should be an easy A

One of the sweetest people I have ever met! She went out of her way to help me pass this class in a quarter where I was struggling mightily with mental health! Yeah her lectures can be a tad dry at times, but the material is interesting, the class is straight forward, and she is more than willing to work with students and help them when in need!

I don't know why she has bad ratings! She's really helpful and tried to make the class easier by adjusting how she gives her pop quizzes so that we can do better and offers really easy extra credit. Just two short 5-page essays on our volunteering, pop quizzes and 5 (one page) reports. Lecture isnt that necessary, I just do other work in her class

I honestly have no idea why she has such bad ratings! This class was the easiest and most straight-forward upper div course I've taken, and she's so sweet. A midterm paper and a final paper about our volunteerism, with no note-taking required. Do the readings because she does sprinkle in pop quizzes but they are very simple and easy.

Do all the readings & you're good (wish I did). She has us do volunteer/activism work for 2 hours for 5 weeks. if you can look past this you're fine & honestly it isn't so bad. 1 pop quiz per week at the beginning of class based on reading so feel free to leave right after and she won't say a thing; lectures dont matter at all. no tests, 2 papers.

She was OK. Lectures were kinda boring, so the class felt SUPER long, but she was kind of funny. Weekly group projects and meetings which I personally did not like. TA was a harsh grader despite neither of them being accessible whatsoever or clear. Reached out a couple times and was never gotten back to. Would never take her again.

She is Honestly very rude I'm currently taking her for Sociology of Education and she ignored my hand while it was up despite no one else raising their hand and she threw a candy at my group member because she asked one of us to talk in front of the class and none of us wanted to do it ( I didn't want to because she blatantly ignored me ).

There aren't any words I can describe this class, I extremely love this class, wish I could take her for my entire UCSB year, even know I have struggles regarding the environment, identity, registration but from her class, I feel passion, relatable, kind, and love if you just talk with her, she will always answer and solve a problem that you have.

Took SOC185C with her which was more heavy with work compared to previous classes I've taken with her. Weekly quizzes and discussion posts, one presentation, and a group final project. Definitely manageable, but DON'T FALL BEHIND!!

Easy work, but group work is a big part of your overall grade. Take her!

Fairly easy class as long as you have good group coordination for the podcasts and discussion leader meetings. The final paper wasn't too bad either since it is basically a reflection of the course material and you are able to reuse what you said during the weekly discussion posts. Overall, no complaints and would do again.

In this class you are writing a research paper. Professor is always available to answer questions and support you. She has extensive knowledge on how to write a good research paper & wants you to succeed. Your grade depends on how much effort you put into your project. Weekly quizzes based off of the readings and group work.

The professor reads of the powerpoint slides and is usually on topic. There is a lot a group project homework so it will depend on your group partners to do well in the class. She is reasonable about turning in some late work but would recommend not to try it, Lots of articles to read so be ready and she does have a strong accent but understandable

This professor needs to think about what she is doing because she failed in many aspects. Group work for every assignment, she puts me in a group that just does not do their work correctly. One big failure! Then she tells me I can't work alone to improve my grade. Very ridiculous and just unprofessional. Such a big shame to be learning from her.

part 1: WORST lecturer I've ever taken at this uni. She has constantly referred to Black people as "Blacks" even though she has a lecture on the importance of language. I also noticed how every time a POC participated in class, she always questions their answers but when a White person speaks about inequalities she praises those students.