Nice guy, but talks way too fast to take notes and has no power point notes. Probably an easy A, but hard to get much out of his lectures.

He was one of the nicest professor I've ever had. The 3 hour class is a pain, but all the exams are take-home. Edwin and Christine are great TAs.

Great professor and a very interesting class. I feel very enlightened after taking his class.

very interested in his subject, and extremely knowledgeable. 3 hours is a long time for one of his classes though, sometimes a struggle to stay awake. And you won't ever be able to leave early, he takes spot attendance in beg, mid, or end of class

Damn this teacher is soo hot. MAkes class fun,

Ive learned more in a few days about Mexico and Globalization than what I have learned my whole life. WOW!! Great teacher

Difficult, but professor is very knowledgeable and you have many chances to learn very pivotal global topics. Maybe it's useful being assigned so much work, you start to handle the stress and time management better. Lectures can feel like public speaking which kinda drags on.

Passionate, extremely knowledgeable professor who values intellectual discourse. People complaining "political bias" just do not want their views (or ego) challenged at all by a highly distinguished professor with decades of research expertise. There's weekly essays, but many free extra credit points added automatically. Easy, eye-opening class.

He is not a very nice guy. His opinions are STRONG and welcomes those who challenge it... or so he says. Any disagreement will be met with a short fuse and very little respect. I would reccomend staying clear. There is a reason his class doesn't fill, even with how easy it is.

This professor bases most of your grade on attending a 3-hour lecture where your camera must stay on, and proceeds to ramble about his political bias, along with bright yellow writing on slides where he cites only his own books, which are the required readings and must be purchased. Unorganized, and even the TAs won't respond to emails.

Lectures felt so chaotic and disjointed I could barely take notes, and much of it felt like him talking in circles and implying things that aren't entirely true/skewed a certain way. Attendance is majority of grade, plus 3 essays. Prompts are vague and confusing, especially essay 1, he does not answer questions. His TAs keep the class afloat.

Look, he is a good professor, and I can tell he knows his stuff. But he gets so wound up in his political biases that it draws a big line between views in the class. People argue, and he cuts them off after 1 minute. he stands far left, and you can tell the way the class is taught is from left sources only. Politics aside, it could be taught better

Show up to 3 hr lecture, pay attention or don't (no electronics so bring a book), he's super passionate and will teach you lots if you pay attention. 1000 word reflection every week with two longer papers in between. Super easy and pretty good grader if you just get it done.

Best professor I have ever had. I have taken 3 of his classes and enjoyed all of them. He is extremely knowledgeable and clearly cares for his students. His assignments are very straightforward, weekly reading assignments, no tests, and a lot of reading, however I have always enjoyed the readings. Lots of theory and analysis but amazing class!!

One of the most engaging classes I've taken. It's definitely a heavy class, around 80-200 pages of reading and a 1000 word reflection a week. However, I really love Robinson's approach to the class, he encourages questions at all times and loves it when you challenge his ideas. Can be a truly transformative class, I'd recommend.

Weekly essay due at 10pm. lectures were long and boring, he did seem to care very deeply about what he teaches. Wishy-washy with being accessible outside of class, would often no-show his office hours. Makes you buy multiple of his own books which were impossible to find online, relatively cheap but everything adds up. would only take if mandatory.

Professor Robinson is intense but cares deeply about the material. While the reading load is heavy, the content is engaging. Utilize unstuck ai and focus on the lectures to succeed.

Great professor. He knows the material and is very well versed on the topics. I will say, learn how to write an essay before you begin reflections. He isn't as clear on his expectations however be as academic as you possibly can be. Treat it as a real analysis paper than an “reflection.”

His minimum reading is at least 100 pages per week and expects us to write a 1000 word essay weekly, which he sets the deadline to be at 10 pm. I get so stressed out every Tuesday. On one of the weeks, he even made us read an entire book of more than 200 pages on top a list of documentaries. Take his class if you are a strong reader.

Robinson…the prof that makes people want to drop out & handles his courses like a dictator. Him & his gang of male TAs are rude, arrogant, & grade harshly with unclear parameters. I've taken 2 of his classes now. He sloppily throws together a 3hr lecture, makes you buy the overly wordy materials he writes for profit, & man-splains til you're blue.

AWFUL PPT maker. BRIGHT green background and BRIGHT yellow fonts. It's very unprofessional, lazy and difficult to look at for a long time. Extremely inconsistent fonts and text sizes (random capitalizations). PPT strains my eyes due to the intense coloring. 5 different fonts in 2 pages, ridiculous, and AI generated images.

HORRIBLE professor. He has very interesting material but teaches in block three hour classes with monotonous lectures over powerpoints. Very arbitrary criteria for the reflections that are then graded by TA's somehow even more arbitrarily. To sum it up, great material and just horrible horrible class structuring and teaching delivery.

Excellent proffesor, one of the few at Santa Barbara that actively challenges your critical thinking. His intensity can be mistakened as rudeness, as Robinson really makes it clear that he cares a lot about the content that he is teaching, and as a result, wants to make that everyone is paying attention.

I gave the professor 2 stars because he does not reply to emails at all. TAs great. Be prepared to write a weekly 1000-word essay, there's several guidelines on how to do them and what to avoid. - how many pages you will read "134 pages!" If you don't like reading hundreds of pages and writing a 1000-word essay a week this course is not for you.