Really makes an effort to engage with his students and tries to meet with all of them outside of class by scheduling appointments with them. Very personable. He has a lot of good comments reguarding the material in class, really makes you reconsider humanity's relationship to the environment. Only complaint is he read too much of the slides

A decent amount of reading but he is not out to get you. Midterm and final aren't too tough, papers are a bit tough though

a truly wonderful professor. it is clear that he loves what he does and that he works hard to make sure the class is interesting and that students are able to succeed. he was very helpful and actually answers questions with substantial answers. i would highly suggest taking this class whatever major/minor you are!

The best course, and most outstanding professor, that I have had at UCSB. This course caused me to completely reconsider how human beings relate to the environment.

great professor, very clear and straight forward with his tests and essays. Picked great subject material too

Great Professor, his lectures were so clear and well organized that he made a challenging subject much more interesting. Reading was sometimes very dry and hard to understand, but he would always explain the signifcance in class. Two tests and two papers that were very straight forward.

Ken is very knowledgeable about the material he teaches, and he's like a Milton scholar, so he's very good at all that. Don't take the class if you can't or won't read the text. YOU MUST READ to get good grades on the exams. But if you do read, the exams are easily ace-able. One 8-page research paper, one midterm, one final. CAKE.

Wonder Professor. Very helpful. Knows his stuff. If you do the reading you WILL do well. He is NOT trying to trick you on any of the tests. Great guy!

Really interesting class and professor. He really knows the material, and teaches it well. He's always very helpful and seems happy to be helping. Midterm, final, and final paper. If you do the readings and go to class, the tests are no problem.