It was my first time having Nabi, and it was great! The material is so fascinating and applicable to your own life; she uses tons of examples in lecture that I would write down. Grade is based on midterm, paper, and final. Exams are online and open note; paper is easy and broad(I did it in a day). Class is great bc Nabi is so personable and lively!

Professor Nabi is a good professor and her lectures are interesting to an extent. Your grade in this class is based off of a midterm, a paper, the final and your participation. This class was not very enjoyable, I don't recommend. Nothing personal to the professor but not a lit class.

Professor Nabi is an extremely engaging professor and wants to support each student equally. She recommends office hours and is helpful if you are confused/ need clarification. She uses a lot of examples in her lectures that apply to the concepts we are learning. Lots of reading and only graded on a midterm, final, and essay.

Tests are hard (online/open book/provides study guide) Does not post lecture slides

Prof. Nabi gives good lectures and her slides are easy to follow along. Her exams are online and open note which is great, but the tests are very hard. Some of the questions are subjective and they are mostly short answer. She also tends to ramble a lot during lecture and talk about herself but connects it to class content which is good.

Dr. Nabi is a pretty run-of-the-mill professor. Not too bad, but not amazing. She can be funny at times, which breaks apart the monotony of lecture. However, she doesn't post any of her slides and some questions on the exams (1 midterm and 1 final) can be kind of subjective.

Professor Nabi is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about comm and emotion. She is approachable, caring, and very understanding. her exams are on the more difficult side but shes very generous with grading and you will come out of the class more knowledgeable in comm and emotion. I highly recommend this class and professor nabi.

Toughest grader in my academic career, really impacts my decision with taking any of her other courses in the future.

Took in Spring, coming back to say she was really straightforward in regards to grading criteria. We had 5 timed quizzes every two weeks. I did not read, just used my lecture notes and tried to skim the book. In the end, she made your lowest scoring quiz weigh less and your highest scoring weigh more, so that helped boost my grade. Pretty fair

Lowest grade I received at UCSB. I never missed a day of class, studied so hard on the exams, went to office hours and still ended up with a B. Great lecturer but EXTREMELY tough grader. Def avoid!!

Professor Nabi is one of the best professors at UCSB. She is engaging, has great personal experience stories, and her slides are straight forward. Her tests are mainly focused on the lectures (you could get an A- without doing the readings). Just don't use your phone in class, it is her pet peeve!

I regret taking Nabi's class moreso than any other Ive yet taken at UCSB. She's a very kind woman but not a good teacher in my opinion. Her exams are short-essay dominant and require more memorization than actual analysis, application or understanding. She says she does not want to make tricky exams but despite this, her phraseology is unclear.

Did not purchase textbook. The online readings are enough to get you by. The structure is very abstract - broad class. Mainly models. As the course progresses, it gets much easier. One essay - your standard 6-8 page paper. The exams may be tricky, but if you did Mullin you can do this. I didn't have too hard of a time with it. She digresses often.

I had her for 117 too and I honestly think shes my favorite comm professor. The subject for 139 isn't particularly interesting, it's more of a psych class but I like the way she teaches. She is clear in explaining everything and telling you what to expect on the tests. She's always throwing out some funny personal stories along the way too.. haha

Professor Nabi is an excellent professor who is genuinely concerned with the students' comprehension of the material. I thoroughly enjoyed her class because she doesn't just lecture, she throws out her own anecdotes; as opposed to a professor that just spouts out concepts and theories. She is very helpful when you don't understand the material.

Nabi is one of my favorite professors at UCSB. She is extremely smart, and super funny in a quirky way...you laugh every class period. She explains the material in an interesting way, but to do well, write down everything she says, even her examples. She talks so much and gives so much info that you don't need to read (I didn't at all and got an A)

She is extremly unfair and expects students to know more than is physically possible. Had she put all of her ERES readings into a reader, everyone would have dropped her class the first day because it would have been 4 inches thick. Do not take her, if you think Mullins are hard, they are a picnic compared to her.

Although she is very friendly and interested in the material her lecture notes are long and confusing and her grading is not hard but unfair. I would never reccomend her, but if the class is offered by another prof take it.

Professor Nabi is my favorite professor at UCSB. She makes sure to give examples for all concepts which allows students to understand the material better. There was one midterm, one final and a small paper, which were all online.

The class is pretty interesting and she is passionate about the material. However, she isn't the most charismatic professor. Compared to the other upper division comm classes, this one is definitely more challenging. Grade is composed of 3 exams, a 2 page essay, and some participation. Exams can be difficult, but take good notes and read carefully.

Do not take her class, is she knowledgeable on the subject, sure. But her exams are the hardest I have ever taken in my academic career and even when you think you did well you didn't. her exams are 10% multiple-choice and the rest will be short answer and essay questions. Least favorite class at UCSB by far. The course consist of 3 exams/1 essay.

+ Content & teaching: very good to excellent. Nabi is a highly respectable researcher, especially in persuasion, and she is quite good at lecturing; I really learned a lot - Grade is heavily dependent on participation & lacking can SIGNIFICANTLY impact your grade. Those who prefer to be quiet/learn more independently, be aware & make an effort!

Nice professor, difficult class. TONS of reading. We only had midterm/final so there's not many chances to improve your grade. Tests are challenging and require you to reason and analyze, definitely not simple/straightforward. Lowkey regretting taking this class